Nonstop flight route between Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Augsburg Airport (AGB), Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,892 miles (or 4,654 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 Augsburg Airport and Gander 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 Augsburg Airport and Gander 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 Augsburg Airport (AGB):

• Augsburg Airport is a regional airport in Affing, 7 km northeast of the city of Augsburg, the third largest city in the German state of Bavaria.
• In addition to being known as "Augsburg Airport", another name for AGB is "Flughafen Augsburg".
• The closest airport to Augsburg Airport (AGB) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) SE of AGB.
• The furthest airport from Augsburg Airport (AGB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,961 miles (19,249 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• After 2005 passenger traffic was relocated to Munich Airport, leaving the Augsburg region without a passenger airport within close reach.
• In 1995, Augsburg Airport saw the inauguration of international flights by Interot Airways, most notably to London City Airport.

Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):

• In late-1985, Gander was the site of the Arrow Air Flight 1285 disaster, in which a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 with 256 people on board crashed during takeoff due to atmospheric icing.
• Following the war, the RCAF handed operation of the airfield back to the dominion government in March 1946, although the RCN's radio station remained and the military role for the entire facility was upgraded through the Cold War.
• The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
• Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
• To honour the people of Gander and Halifax for their support during the operation, Lufthansa named a new Airbus A340-300 "Gander/Halifax" on May 16, 2002.
• The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• On December 12, 1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed on take-off from, the then runway 22.
• Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.