Nonstop flight route between Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States and Rhine, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK), Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States and Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ), Rhine, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,919 miles (or 7,916 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 Rheine-Bentlage 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 Chickasha Municipal Airport and Rheine-Bentlage 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 Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK):

• Chickasha Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Chickasha, a city in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States.
• 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.
• Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK) has 3 runways.
• Inactivated on 1 May 1945 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
• The closest airport to Chickasha Municipal Airport (CHK) is Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) NE of CHK.
• For the 12-month period ending November 8, 2010, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day.

Facts about Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ):

• Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Since unification of Germany in 1990, units from Rheine were deployed in as various part as the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan under the auspices of either NATO, the UN or the EU.
• In addition to being known as "Rheine-Bentlage Air Base", another name for ZPQ is "(Advanced Landing Ground B-108)".
• In 1960, following the founding of the German Armed Forces in 1955 and the establishing of a new branch within the German Army, the Aviation Corps, completely new military installations, hangars and a small runway made of asphalt, were constructed on the grounds of the former German Air Force base.
• Because of Rheine-Bentlage Air Base's relatively low elevation of 128 feet, planes can take off or land at Rheine-Bentlage Air Base 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.
• Since 1960 various units of the German Army Aviation Corps have been stationed at Rheine Air Base.
• The closest airport to Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) is Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) SE of ZPQ.
• The furthest airport from Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,825 miles (19,030 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Army Aviation Medium Transport Regiment 15 was part of Airmobile Operations Division.