Nonstop flight route between Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan, United States and Stuttgart, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan, United States and Stuttgart Airport (STR), Stuttgart, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,307 miles (or 6,932 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 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport and Stuttgart 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 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport and Stuttgart Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO):

• The facility competes with airports in nearby communities such as South Bend, Grand Rapids and Detroit.
• The closest airport to Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) is W. K. Kellogg Airport (BTL), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) ENE of AZO.
• Because of Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's relatively low elevation of 874 feet, planes can take off or land at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek 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 Western Michigan University College of Aviation, founded in 1939, used the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport as a base for its flight school until 1997.
• Present-day taxiways delta and alpha were originally runways.
• Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) has 3 runways.
• This continued after the firm was acquired by Pfizer.
• The furthest airport from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,180 miles (17,993 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• As of May 2012 the airport is served by two major commercial airlines who fly passengers to three major hubs.
• There are currently four organizations at the airport that offer fixed based operator services for general aviation users.

Facts about Stuttgart Airport (STR):

• For the duration of the Cold War the runway and facilities were shared with the United States Army who operated helicopters, the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk and other fixed wing aircraft at Echterdingen Army Airfield on the southern portion of the facility.
• Politicians, town planners and nearby residents have been arguing for years about the construction of a second runway.
• In addition to being known as "Stuttgart Airport", another name for STR is "Flughafen Stuttgart".
• The closest airport to Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NNW of STR.
• One of the two main halls
• It is an important hub for the Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings and global headquarters for car parking company APCOA Parking.
• The airport was built in 1939 to replace Böblingen airport.
• Stuttgart Airport (STR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Stuttgart Airport (STR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Stuttgart Airport (meaning Stuttgart Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,004 miles (19,319 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.