Nonstop flight route between Celle, Germany and Leipzig, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany and Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Leipzig, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 124 miles (or 200 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 relatively short distance between Celle Air Base and Leipzig/Halle Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):

• The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
• One year after the foundation of the Bundeswehr the British forces handed over the airfield to the German Army on 29 November 1957.
• 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.
• Peculiarly, from 1959 until 1967 two transport wings of the German Air Force were also stationed at Celle.
• The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 prohibited the German Reich to have her own air force.
• Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Celle Air Base is located 2.7 miles southwest of the city centre of Celle and 18 miles northeast of the city centre of Hanover.
• After RAF Fassberg and RAF Wunstorf Celle became the third airfield in the region to serve in the airlift.
• In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
• Without having suffered any serious damage the air base was surrendered by a German NCO to the British Army on 11 April 1945.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ):

• In addition to being known as "Leipzig/Halle Airport", another name for LEJ is "Flughafen Leipzig/Halle".
• Furthermore some US airlines fly to Leipzig/Halle on behalf of the US Department of Defense that engaged them to bring US Army troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.
• The closest airport to Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of LEJ.
• Because of Leipzig/Halle Airport's relatively low elevation of 470 feet, planes can take off or land at Leipzig/Halle 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.
• On 18 March 1986 a Concorde operated by Air France landed at Leipzig/Halle Airport for the first time due to the internationally known Leipzig trade fair.
• Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) has 2 runways.
• Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 2,286,151 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,774 miles (18,948 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.