Nonstop flight route between Anderson, Indiana, United States and Zürich, Switzerland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Anderson Municipal Airport (AID), Anderson, Indiana, United States and Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,427 miles (or 7,125 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 Anderson Municipal Airport and Zurich 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 Anderson Municipal Airport and Zurich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Anderson Municipal Airport (AID):

• Because of Anderson Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 919 feet, planes can take off or land at Anderson Municipal 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.
• The furthest airport from Anderson Municipal Airport (AID) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,221 miles (18,058 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Anderson Municipal Airport (AID) is Delaware County Regional Airport (MIE), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of AID.
• Anderson Municipal Airport (AID) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Anderson Municipal Airport", another name for AID is "Darlington Field".

Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):

• The airport is served by the A51 motorway and other main roads, which provide access to the airport especially for the central and eastern Switzerland.
• Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
• Rega, the air rescue service, has its head office in the Rega Centre, a hangar located in the northeast section of Zurich Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
• The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The noise of aircraft became an issue and a noise charge was instituted in 1980, and in 1984, an agreement was made regarding arrivals and departures to the airport via German airspace.
• Schengen and non-Schengen arriving passengers are handled in separate areas of the central airside building, with non-Schengen passengers passing through immigration controls to reach the ground-side terminal complex.
• The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
• Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.