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ZCN 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 |
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Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):
- On 9 March 1935 Hermann Göring officially announced the existence of a German Air Force and the D.L.V.
- 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.
- Under British occupation metal plates were laid on the entire airfield in order to enable the landing of larger aircraft.
- Between 1963 and 1981 Celle was home to a test squadron for unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters.
- 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.
- 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.
- Peculiarly, from 1959 until 1967 two transport wings of the German Air Force were also stationed at Celle.
- 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 (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
- With the beginning of the Berlin Airlift in 1948 this, however, changed radically.
- At the same time, Celle residents began to complain about the so-called “Veronikas″, German women attracted to the well paid soldiers.
- After RAF Fassberg and RAF Wunstorf Celle became the third airfield in the region to serve in the airlift.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 16.79 miles (27.02 km) WSW | Hannover Airport (HAJ) | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |    |
| 2 | 60.46 miles (97.31 km) WNW | Bremen Airport (BRE) | Bremen, Germany | |
| 3 | 65.73 miles (105.77 km) N | Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW) | Hamburg, Germany | |
| 4 | 71.81 miles (115.57 km) N | Hamburg Airport (HAM) | Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany | |
| 5 | 77.92 miles (125.41 km) SE | Magdeburg–Cochstedt Airport (CSO) | Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 6 | 85.18 miles (137.09 km) SSW | Kassel Calden Airport (KSF) | Kassel, Hesse, Germany | |
| 7 | 85.91 miles (138.26 km) WSW | RAF Gütersloh (GUT) | Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 8 | 87.34 miles (140.55 km) NW | Bremerhaven Airport (BRV) | Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany | |
| 9 | 88.71 miles (142.77 km) NNE | Lübeck Airport (LBC) | Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | |
| 10 | 90.00 miles (144.85 km) SW | Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) | Paderborn, Germany | |
| 11 | 93.27 miles (150.10 km) NE | Schwerin-Parchim Airport (SZW) | Parchim, Germany | |
| 12 | 98.95 miles (159.24 km) NW | Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN) | Nordholz, Germany | |
| 13 | 103.46 miles (166.51 km) WSW | Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) | Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 14 | 106.59 miles (171.54 km) SSW | Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) | Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany | |
| 15 | 112.97 miles (181.81 km) W | Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) | Rhine, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,761.33 miles (18,927.97 km) SSE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,435.85 miles (18,404.17 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,430.98 miles (18,396.33 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,417.48 miles (18,374.60 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,410.26 miles (18,362.98 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,407.18 miles (18,358.03 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,401.70 miles (18,349.22 km) SE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,388.31 miles (18,327.67 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,387.24 miles (18,325.95 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,382.46 miles (18,318.25 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,378.55 miles (18,311.95 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,374.67 miles (18,305.72 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,364.77 miles (18,289.78 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,362.88 miles (18,286.73 km) SE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,350.59 miles (18,266.95 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |