Nonstop flight route between Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Fairbanks, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH), Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Eielson Air Force Base (EIL), Fairbanks, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,145 miles (or 6,670 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 Stralsund Barth Airport and Eielson Air Force Base, 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 Stralsund Barth Airport and Eielson Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH):

• The furthest airport from Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,601 miles (18,669 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) is Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of BBH.
• Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) has 2 runways.
• Modern airport runway
• In addition to being known as "Stralsund Barth Airport", another name for BBH is "Flughafen Stralsund Barth".
• Light aircraft used for popular sightseeing flights in the Vorpommern-Rügen region
• The old airport terminal in 2005

Facts about Eielson Air Force Base (EIL):

• The closest airport to Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of EIL.
• The host unit at Eielson is the 354th Fighter Wing assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Eleventh Air Force.
• In addition to being known as "Eielson Air Force Base", another name for EIL is "Eielson AFB".
• The base reopened in September 1946, once again as a satellite of Ladd Field.
• The Air Defense Command deployed interceptors to Eielson during the 1960s.
• On 20 August 1993, the 354 FW replaced the 343d Wing.
• Eielson AFB was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field.
• The 720th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, equipped with F-86 Sabres, was deployed to Eielson during 1954–55.
• Headquarters USAF General Order 2, dated 13 January 1948, redesignated Mile 26 as Eielson AFB.
• The 58th Weather Squadron remained at Eielson until 8 August 1958.
• The Cold War seen the use of Eielson's expansive reservation as a maneuver area for the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,295 miles (16,568 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.