Nonstop flight route between Celle, Germany and Davao City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany and Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO), Davao City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,863 miles (or 11,045 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 Francisco Bangoy International 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 Francisco Bangoy International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):

• In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
• 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.
• Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.
• Peculiarly, from 1959 until 1967 two transport wings of the German Air Force were also stationed at Celle.
• After having been taken over by British forces, it came under the control of the Royal Air Force Germany and was renamed RAF Station Celle.
• The infrastructure for a renewed airlift, however, was kept in place and was constantly improved until German reunification.
• After the end of the Cold War Celle Air Base's ability for instrument flights was removed and the emergency landing strips on the motorways were abandoned.
• At the beginning of the airlift a total of 600 tons of freight were transported into the besieged city which increased to 1000 tons of coal and food each day in the spring of 1949.

Facts about Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO):

• The furthest airport from Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Francisco Bangoy International Airport (meaning Francisco Bangoy International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,222 miles (19,670 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO) is Mati Airport (MXI), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) ESE of DVO.
• Because of Francisco Bangoy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Francisco Bangoy International 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.
• A new terminal replaces the previous airport terminals, which lie just across it, in handling both domestic and international flights operating to and from Davao.
• By 1959, the complex consisted of a small control tower and several low-rise buildings.
• In addition to being known as "Francisco Bangoy International Airport", another name for DVO is "Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Francisco BangoyPaliparang Pandaigdig ng Francisco Bangoy".
• The terminal has 14 domestic and 14 international check-in counters that can handle a steady flow of passenger traffic.
• Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Francisco Bangoy International Airport handled 2,963,243 passengers last year.
• Silk Air Airbus A320 on Davao International Airport