Nonstop flight route between Daytona Beach, Florida, United States and Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), Daytona Beach, Florida, United States and Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,551 miles (or 7,324 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 Daytona Beach International Airport and Maastricht Aachen 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 Daytona Beach International Airport and Maastricht Aachen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB):

• Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) has 3 runways.
• Because of Daytona Beach International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Daytona Beach 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.
• The furthest airport from Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,512 miles (18,527 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• In the late 1930s four 4000 by 150 feet runways were built, all paved, allowing DC-2s and DC-3s.
• The first flight on the beach was in 1906 by Charles K.
• Daytona Beach is served by two carriers, Delta Air Lines flying to Atlanta and New York and US Airways flying nonstop to Charlotte.
• The April 1957 OAG shows eight departures a day on Eastern and four on National.
• The closest airport to Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) is Orlando/Sanford International Airport (SFB), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SSW of DAB.

Facts about Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST):

• Maastricht Aachen Airport handled 36,300 passengers last year.
• In July 2004, a 100% share in the airport was acquired by OmDV, a consortium of airport investment company Omniport and the construction company Dura Vermeer, making it the first fully privatised airport in the Netherlands.
• The closest airport to Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) is NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ENE of MST.
• Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) currently has only 1 runway.
• The field was built in less than 2 months and was operational on 22 March 1945, and was designated Y-44.
• Because of Maastricht Aachen Airport's relatively low elevation of 375 feet, planes can take off or land at Maastricht Aachen 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.
• Domestic travel picked up as well, and newly created NLM CityHopper started to operate a service between Maastricht and Amsterdam Schiphol in 1966.
• In 1973 the airport was expanded again to handle bigger aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,935 miles (19,207 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 14 May 1985, Pope John Paul II held an open air mass for 50,000 people at the airport, as part of his visit to the Netherlands.
• Because of the proximity to the new headquarters, the decision was made to create a temporary airfield between the towns of Beek, Geulle and Ulestraten.