Nonstop flight route between Basel, Switzerland and Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), Basel, Switzerland and Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA), Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,600 miles (or 7,403 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 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg and Chattanooga Metropolitan 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 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg and Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BSL / LFSB |
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Location: | Basel, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°35'24"N by 7°31'45"E |
Area Served: | Basel, Switzerland Mulhouse, France Freiburg, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 885 feet (270 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BSL |
More Information: | BSL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHA / KCHA |
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Location: | Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°2'7"N by 85°12'14"W |
Area Served: | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 683 feet (208 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CHA |
More Information: | CHA Maps & Info |
Facts about EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL):
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (meaning EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg's relatively low elevation of 885 feet, planes can take off or land at EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 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.
- Prior to the formation of Swiss International Air Lines, the regional airline Crossair was headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport.
- In addition to being known as "EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg", other names for BSL include "Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse", "Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen" and "BSL, MLH".
- The closest airport to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) is EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BSL.
- The first enlargement project was approved by referendum in Basel in 1960 and, over the following decades, the terminals and runways were continually extended.
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg handled 5,880,771 passengers last year.
- In 1987, the trademark name EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg was introduced.
- Between autumn 1951 and spring 1953, the east–west runway was extended to 1,600 metres and the "Zollfreistrasse" was constructed, allowing access from Basel to the departure terminal without passing through French border controls.
Facts about Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA):
- Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport was home to the 241st Engineering Installation Squadron of the Tennessee Air National Guard until late 2010, when the squadron moved to a Bonny Oaks facility near the airport.
- Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport", another name for CHA is "Lovell Field".
- Because of Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport's relatively low elevation of 683 feet, planes can take off or land at Chattanooga Metropolitan 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.
- In 2011, budget carrier Vision Airlines launched the airport's fourth low cost route in the airport's history to Destin, Florida.
- The furthest airport from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,280 miles (18,153 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Post-war growth in aviation in the 1950s led to a transfer of the airport's operations to the City of Chattanooga and significant airport expansion with construction of a new runway, which serves as the primary runway today.
- The closest airport to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) is Marion County Airport (APT), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) W of CHA.
- It has been proposed that a new high-speed rail line be constructed from the airport to MARTA in metro Atlanta, so that it could easily serve as Atlanta's second airport.
- On November 27, 1973, Delta Air Lines Flight 516, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashed short of the runway on approach to the airport.