Nonstop flight route between Celle, Germany and Butte, Montana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany and Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,829 miles (or 7,771 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 Celle Air Base and Bert Mooney 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 Celle Air Base and Bert Mooney Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZCN / ETHC |
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Location: | Celle, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°35'27"N by 10°1'19"E |
Operator/Owner: | Federal Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 129 feet (39 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZCN |
More Information: | ZCN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BTM / KBTM |
Airport Name: | Bert Mooney Airport |
Location: | Butte, Montana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°57'16"N by 112°29'51"W |
Area Served: | Butte, Montana |
Operator/Owner: | Bert Mooney Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5550 feet (1,692 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BTM |
More Information: | BTM Maps & Info |
Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):
- Due to the tense situation during the building of the Berlin Wall a small unit of the National Guard of the United States was stationed at Celle Air Base in 1961 in case of a second Berlin Airlift.
- The furthest airport from Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,761 miles (18,928 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Celle Air Base's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Celle Air Base 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.
- In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
- After World War I the airfield was initially abandoned even though some flights took place in the 1920s.
- The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
- Celle Air Base can be approached by way of a connecting road to the Landesstraße 310 which is used as a spur route to the motorways A 7 and A 352.
- Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Under British occupation metal plates were laid on the entire airfield in order to enable the landing of larger aircraft.
- At the beginning of World War II the training school was relocated to Leipzig and Celle Air Base was used by varying units, none of which were stationed there for any long period of time.
Facts about Bert Mooney Airport (BTM):
- The furthest airport from Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,611 miles (17,077 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- On March 22, 2009 a Pilatus PC-12 flying in from Oroville, California crashed in Holy Cross Cemetery 500 feet from the airport, killing all 14 people on board.
- Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) has 2 runways.
- Because of Bert Mooney Airport's high elevation of 5,550 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BTM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BTM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Bert Mooney Airport (BTM) is Dillon Airport (DLN), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) S of BTM.
- The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 30,431 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 25,178 in 2009 and 25,433 in 2010.