Nonstop flight route between Achutupo, Panama and Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Achutupo Airport (ACU), Achutupo, Panama and Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,499 miles (or 8,850 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 Achutupo Airport and Düsseldorf 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 Achutupo Airport and Düsseldorf Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Achutupo Airport (ACU):

• The furthest airport from Achutupo Airport (ACU) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Achutupo Airport (meaning Achutupo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,170 miles (19,585 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
• The closest airport to Achutupo Airport (ACU) is Playón Chico Airport (PYC), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) WNW of ACU.

Facts about Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

• A fully automatic, suspended monorail called SkyTrain connects the long distance station to the parking areas and the passenger terminals and also serves as an inter-terminal connection.
• Because of Düsseldorf Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf 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.
• In 1964 planning began for the construction of a new terminal, with capacity for 1.4 million passengers, and in 1969 the main runway was lengthened to 3000 metres.
• The Düsseldorf Airport fire which has been the worst structural airport fire worldwide yet was caused by welding work on an elevated road in front of Terminal A above its arrivals area and insufficient structural fire protection.
• The furthest airport from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,899 miles (19,149 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Terminal C was opened in 1986 and has 8 gates used exclusively for non-Schengen-flights by non-Star Alliance airlines.
• In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Airport", another name for DUS is "Flughafen Düsseldorf".
• The closest airport to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WSW of DUS.
• Düsseldorf Airport handled 20,830,000 passengers last year.
• Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has 2 runways.
• Düsseldorf Airport has three terminals connected by a central spine, even though the terminals are essentially concourses within a single terminal building.