Nonstop flight route between Bar Harbor, Maine, United States and Berlin, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB), Bar Harbor, Maine, United States and Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,583 miles (or 5,766 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport and Berlin Tempelhof 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport and Berlin Tempelhof Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB):

• The furthest airport from Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,703 miles (18,834 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport operated as Bar Harbor Naval Auxiliary Air Facility supporting operations of Naval Air Station Brunswick from September 1, 1943 until November 15, 1945.
• Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) has 2 runways.
• Because of Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport's relatively low elevation of 83 feet, planes can take off or land at Hancock County-Bar Harbor 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) is Bangor International Airport (BGR), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NW of BHB.

Facts about Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF):

• The new air terminal was designed as headquarters for Deutsche Luft Hansa, the German national airline at that time.
• Other possible uses for Tempelhof are being discussed, and many people are trying to keep the airport buildings preserved.
• Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) has 2 runways.
• Because of Berlin Tempelhof Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tempelhof 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 grass runways usual in Germany until then could not cope with the massive demand, and a subsequently built runway containing perforated steel matting began to crumble under the weight of the USAF's C-54 Skymasters.
• American Overseas Airlines, at the time the overseas division of American Airlines, inaugurated the first commercial air link serving Tempelhof after the war with a flight from New York via Shannon, Amsterdam and Frankfurt on 18 May 1946.
• Tempelhof's German commander, Oberst Rudolf Böttger, refused to carry out orders to blow up the base, choosing instead to kill himself.
• The furthest airport from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,687 miles (18,808 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Berlin Tempelhof Airport", another name for THF is "Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof".
• From January 1940 until early-1944, Weser Flugzeugbau assembled Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bombers.
• The closest airport to Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NW of THF.