Nonstop flight route between Dickinson, North Dakota, United States and Celle, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK), Dickinson, North Dakota, United States and Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,513 miles (or 7,262 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 Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport and Celle 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 Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport and Celle 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: | DIK / KDIK |
Airport Name: | Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport |
Location: | Dickinson, North Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°47'49"N by 102°48'6"W |
Area Served: | Dickinson, North Dakota |
Operator/Owner: | Dickinson Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2592 feet (790 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DIK |
More Information: | DIK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZCN / ETHC |
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Location: | Celle, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°35'27"N by 10°1'19"E |
Operator/Owner: | Federal Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 129 feet (39 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZCN |
More Information: | ZCN Maps & Info |
Facts about Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK):
- Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,412 miles (16,756 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport, formerly known as Dickinson Municipal Airport, is a public use airport located five nautical miles south of the central business district of Dickinson, in Stark County, North Dakota, United States.
- The closest airport to Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK) is Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM), which is located 52 miles (83 kilometers) SW of DIK.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 9,164 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 8,924 enplanements in 2009, and 10,383 in 2010.
Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):
- In 1910 flight trials were undertaken on the Scheuener Heide, a heath north of the river Aller.
- The infrastructure for a renewed airlift, however, was kept in place and was constantly improved until German reunification.
- Because of Celle Air Base's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Celle 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.
- After having been taken over by British forces, it came under the control of the Royal Air Force Germany and was renamed RAF Station Celle.
- The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
- One year after the foundation of the Bundeswehr the British forces handed over the airfield to the German Army on 29 November 1957.
- Following the end of the Berlin Airlift in 1949, the airfield was again used exclusively by British Forces.
- In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
- After World War I the airfield was initially abandoned even though some flights took place in the 1920s.
- Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Due to the tense situation during the building of the Berlin Wall a small unit of the National Guard of the United States was stationed at Celle Air Base in 1961 in case of a second Berlin Airlift.
- The furthest airport from Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,761 miles (18,928 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.