Nonstop flight route between Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN), Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Faleolo International Airport (APW), Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,877 miles (or 15,896 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Faleolo International 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Faleolo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGN / EDDK |
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Location: | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°51'56"N by 7°8'34"E |
Area Served: | Cologne and Bonn |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 302 feet (92 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from CGN |
More Information: | CGN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | APW / NSFA |
Airport Name: | Faleolo International Airport |
Location: | Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°49'46"S by 172°0'29"W |
Area Served: | Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 58 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from APW |
More Information: | APW Maps & Info |
Facts about Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN):
- During the 50s and 60s two more runways and a new terminal were constructed.
- The closest airport to Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NNW of CGN.
- Cologne/Bonn Airport station is a railway station on a loop off the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line that connects Cologne Bonn Airport to long-distance trains at least once an hour per direction, most of them ICE services.
- In addition to being known as "Cologne/Bonn Airport", another name for CGN is "Flughafen Köln/Bonn".
- Also, the Canadian Forces began to use the airport as a staging area to move troops and supplies in support of humanitarian missions and possible anti-terrorism roles.
- The furthest airport from Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,921 miles (19,185 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Cologne/Bonn Airport's relatively low elevation of 302 feet, planes can take off or land at Cologne/Bonn 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.
- Cologne/Bonn Airport handled 9,280,070 passengers last year.
- Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) has 3 runways.
- Coinciding with the start of several low-cost airlines in Germany, Cologne/Bonn opened new capacities.
Facts about Faleolo International Airport (APW):
- Faleolo International Airport (APW) currently has only 1 runway.
- Faleolo International Airport is an airport located 40 kilometres west of Apia, the capital of Samoa.
- The closest airport to Faleolo International Airport (APW) is Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) WNW of APW.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 58 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Faleolo International Airport (APW) is Maradi Airport (MFQ), which is nearly antipodal to Faleolo International Airport (meaning Faleolo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maradi Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Maradi, Niger.
- Faleolo Tower has some jurisdiction over the airspace of American Samoa and Tonga as well as its own airspace.
- Because of Faleolo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Faleolo 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.