Nonstop flight route between Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States and Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK), Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States and Dortmund Airport (DTM), Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,957 miles (or 7,977 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 Chickasha Municipal Airport and Dortmund 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 Chickasha Municipal Airport and Dortmund Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK):

• Inactivated on 1 May 1945 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
• For the 12-month period ending November 8, 2010, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.
• Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK) has 3 runways.
• Opened in October, 1941 as Wilson-Bonifils Field, the airport conducted contract basic flying training for the United States Army Air Forces.
• The closest airport to Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK) is Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NE of CHK.
• The furthest airport from Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,882 miles (17,513 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Dortmund Airport (DTM):

• The closest airport to Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) WSW of DTM.
• Commercial service was restored in 1979 with daily flights to Munich by Reise- und Industrieflug.
• In addition to being known as "Dortmund Airport", another name for DTM is "Flughafen Dortmund".
• The furthest airport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,872 miles (19,106 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Dortmund Airport (DTM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Travellers with destination Düsseldorf main station need to catch the AirportShuttle bus to nearby Holzwickede station.
• Because of Dortmund Airport's relatively low elevation of 425 feet, planes can take off or land at Dortmund 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 first mass carrier at Dortmund Airport was Air Berlin, which began flights to London, Milan, and Vienna in 2002, supplementing its leisure routes to the Mediterranean.