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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), Knoxville, Tennessee, United States and Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,587 miles (or 7,383 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between McGhee Tyson Airport and Berlin Tempelhof Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between McGhee Tyson Airport and Berlin Tempelhof Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TYS / KTYS |
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Location: | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°48'39"N by 83°59'38"W |
Area Served: | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Operator/Owner: | Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 981 feet (299 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TYS |
More Information: | TYS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | THF / EDDI |
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Location: | Berlin, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°28'24"N by 13°24'6"E |
Area Served: | Berlin |
Operator/Owner: | Institute for Federal Real Estate and the Federal State of Berlin |
Airport Type: | Defunct |
Elevation: | 164 feet (50 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from THF |
More Information: | THF Maps & Info |
Facts about McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS):
- In addition to being known as "McGhee Tyson Airport", another name for TYS is "McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base".
- The 134 ARW, which is operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command, operates KC-135R Stratotankers for both air mobility and aerial refueling of military aircraft.
- Owned by the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority, it sees several major airlines and connection carriers.
- The airport is the home of McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, an air base for the 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard.
- McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) is Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport (GKT), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) E of TYS.
- The development of TYS helped the City of Alcoa diversify its economy and gain its economic independence from what is today Alcoa Inc., the world's third largest producer of aluminum.
- Because of McGhee Tyson Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at McGhee Tyson Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The furthest airport from McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,348 miles (18,263 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The fixed base operator at TYS is the Truman-Arnold Company.
- McGhee Tyson Airport handled 1,688,882 passengers last year.
Facts about Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF):
- As part of Albert Speer's plan for the reconstruction of Berlin during the Nazi era, Prof.
- In addition to being known as "Berlin Tempelhof Airport", another name for THF is "Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof".
- The furthest airport from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,687 miles (18,808 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NW of THF.
- Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) has 2 runways.
- As the Cold War intensified in the late 1950s and 1960s, access problems to West Berlin, both by land and air, continued to cause tension.
- Because of Berlin Tempelhof Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tempelhof Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Fearing Allied bombing of airports, all German civil aviation was halted on 2 September 1939, but gradually restarted from 1 November.