Nonstop flight route between Aswan, Egypt and Berlin, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aswan International Airport (ASW), Aswan, Egypt and Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,225 miles (or 3,580 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 relatively short distance between Aswan International Airport and Royal Air Force Station Gatow, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Aswan International Airport (ASW):

• In addition to being known as "Aswan International Airport", other names for ASW include "مطار أسوان الدولي" and "Daraw Airport".
• The furthest airport from Aswan International Airport (ASW) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Aswan International Airport (meaning Aswan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,151 miles (19,555 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Aswan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 662 feet, planes can take off or land at Aswan 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.
• The closest airport to Aswan International Airport (ASW) is Luxor International Airport (LXR), which is located 118 miles (190 kilometers) N of ASW.
• Aswan International Airport (ASW) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW):

• Also on the site of the former RAF station, but not part of General-Steinhoff Kaserne, is a school, the Hans-Carossa-Gymnasium, and houses for government employees of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• Because of Royal Air Force Station Gatow's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Royal Air Force Station Gatow 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.
• Late April 1945, towards the end of World War II in Europe, the airfield was occupied by the advancing Red Army.
• The closest airport to Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NE of GWW.
• Also on the site of the former Royal Air Force station, but not part of General Steinhoff-Kaserne, is a school, the Hans-Carossa-Gymnasium, as well as houses for government employees of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• The furthest airport from Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,694 miles (18,819 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The RAF Gatow Station Flight used two De Havilland Chipmunk T10s, one of which is now in the Alliiertenmuseum, to maintain and exercise the British legal right under the Potsdam Agreement to use the airspace over both West and East Berlin, as well as the air corridors to and from West Germany to the city.
• Alongside the Royal Air Force and various British civil aviation companies, the United States Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the South African Air Force all flew supplies into RAF Gatow during the Airlift.