Nonstop flight route between Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia and Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mudgee Airport (DGE), Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,031 miles (or 16,143 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 Mudgee Airport and Fürstenfeldbruck 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 Mudgee Airport and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DGE / YMDG |
| Airport Name: | Mudgee Airport |
| Location: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°33'45"S by 149°36'39"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Mid-Western Regional Council |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1545 feet (471 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DGE |
| More Information: | DGE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FEL / ETSF |
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| Location: | Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°12'24"N by 11°15'59"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Unified Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 1703 feet (519 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FEL |
| More Information: | FEL Maps & Info |
Facts about Mudgee Airport (DGE):
- The furthest airport from Mudgee Airport (DGE) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Mudgee Airport (meaning Mudgee Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,015 miles (19,336 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
- Mudgee Airport (DGE) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Mudgee Airport (DGE) is Coolah Airport (CLH), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) N of DGE.
Facts about Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL):
- Fifty direct hits were made on the field the afternoon of 9 April 1945 when 338 B-17s of the 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force, unleashed 867 tons of bombs on the runways, hangars, repair shops, and other facilities.
- On 13 August 1948 the 36th Fighter Wing was assigned to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base as an operational unit.
- The furthest airport from Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base", another name for FEL is "Flugplatz FürstenfeldbruckAdvanced Landing Ground R-72".
- Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The RAF and USAAF understood that Fürstenfeldbruck was being used extensively as a training base, and believed it to be of little strategic importance.
- The Replacement Depot functioned until August 1948, when USAFE decided to use Fürstenfeldbruck as an operational jet base.
- On 27 January 1952 the activated Air National Guard 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing deployed to Europe as was assigned to Toul-Rosieres Air Base, France.
- Fürstenfeldbruck became famous first as the main training base for the German Luftwaffe during World War II, then as the site of the Munich massacre of nine Israeli athletes and coaches and one German police officer at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
- The closest airport to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Augsburg Airport (AGB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NW of FEL.
