Nonstop flight route between Nashville, Tennessee, United States and Emmen, Lucerne, Switzerland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nashville International Airport (BNA), Nashville, Tennessee, United States and Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), Emmen, Lucerne, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,658 miles (or 7,496 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 Nashville International Airport and Emmen Swiss Air 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 Nashville International Airport and Emmen Swiss Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nashville International Airport (BNA):

• Because of Nashville International Airport's relatively low elevation of 599 feet, planes can take off or land at Nashville 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.
• Nashville International Airport is a public and military use airport in the southeastern section of Nashville in the U.S.
• Nashville International Airport (BNA) has 4 runways.
• Nashville International Airport has four runways, three of which are parallel with one crosswind.
• Nashville's first airport was Hampton Field, which operated until 1921.
• Concourse B is the second largest concourse in BNA with 13 gates, of which 9 are occupied.
• The airport had been enlarged by the military during World War II, but in 1958 the City Aviation Department, started planning to expand and modernize the airport.
• Nashville International Airport's Robert C.
• The furthest airport from Nashville International Airport (BNA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,198 miles (18,021 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 2002, Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services selected Nashville as the location for its Regional Airline Support Facility, which was built on the site of the demolished 1961 terminal building.
• The closest airport to Nashville International Airport (BNA) is Smyrna Airport (MQY), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SE of BNA.

Facts about Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML):

• The furthest airport from Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Emmen Swiss Air Base (meaning Emmen Swiss Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,495 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Emmen Swiss Air Base", another name for EML is "Flugplatzkommando Emmen".
• The closest airport to Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML) is Zurich Airport (ZRH), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of EML.