Nonstop flight route between Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and San Diego / El Cajon, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH), Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Gillespie Field (SEE), San Diego / El Cajon, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,712 miles (or 9,193 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 Gillespie Field, 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 Gillespie Field. 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):

• Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH) has 2 runways.
• The old airport terminal in 2005
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Stralsund Barth Airport", another name for BBH is "Flughafen Stralsund Barth".
• In addition, the airport company is aiming to attract upmarket tourism.
• After intensive modernization, the airport was reopened on May 25, 2012.

Facts about Gillespie Field (SEE):

• The furthest airport from Gillespie Field (SEE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,534 miles (18,562 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The FAA says in 2010 Gillespie Field was the 44th busiest airport in the United States.
• Gillespie Field (SEE) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Gillespie Field (SEE) is Montgomery Field (MYF), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) W of SEE.
• In 1946 the airfield was turned over to San Diego County and became a general aviation facility.
• Because of Gillespie Field's relatively low elevation of 388 feet, planes can take off or land at Gillespie Field 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.