Nonstop flight route between Abuja, Nigeria and Celle, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV), Abuja, Nigeria and Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,015 miles (or 4,853 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 Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and Celle Air Base, 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 Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and Celle Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV):

• Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport handled 618,360 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV) is Minna Airport (MXJ), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) NW of ABV.
• Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is an international airport located in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria, and is the main airport serving the Nigerian capital city.
• The furthest airport from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV) is Asau Airport (AAU), which is nearly antipodal to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (meaning Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Asau Airport), and is located 12,126 miles (19,515 kilometers) away in Asau, Samoa.

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)".
• One year after the foundation of the Bundeswehr the British forces handed over the airfield to the German Army on 29 November 1957.
• Following the end of the Berlin Airlift in 1949, the airfield was again used exclusively by British Forces.
• The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 prohibited the German Reich to have her own air force.
• Within the framework of the restructuring of the German Army and in preparation of the introduction of the new helicopter types NH-90 and Tiger in 2002 and 2003, Heeresfliegerregiment 16 was disbanded and parts of the Heeresfliegerwaffenschule, originally located at Bückeburg Air Base, were moved to Celle.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
• On 9 March 1935 Hermann Göring officially announced the existence of a German Air Force and the D.L.V.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.