Nonstop flight route between Diyarbakır, Turkey and Ramstein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Diyarbakır Airport (DIY), Diyarbakır, Turkey and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,795 miles (or 2,889 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 relatively short distance between Diyarbakır Airport and Ramstein Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Diyarbakır Airport (DIY):

• The airport was closed for renovation from 1 June to 1 September 2012.
• The furthest airport from Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,373 miles (18,303 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) currently has only 1 runway.
• On January 8, 2003, Turkish Airlines Flight 634, crashed when on approach to Diyarbakır Airport.
• The closest airport to Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) is Batman Airport (BAL), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) E of DIY.
• In addition to being known as "Diyarbakır Airport", another name for DIY is "Diyarbakır Havalimanı".

Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• The 86th Air Base Group was activated as the main base support unit for Landstuhl, while the 7030th HQ Support Group was the main base support unit for Ramstein.
• Ramstein AB is part of the Kaiserslautern Military Community , where more than 54,000 American service members and more than 5,400 US civilian employees live and work.
• In 1940, construction of today's Bundesautobahn 6 was stopped when a bridge that was being built across the Rhine River near Mannheim collapsed, leaving a section of autobahn that could not be used.
• The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Construction of the modern USAF base near Kaiserslautern began in April 1948 under the provisions of a Franco-American reciprocal agreement.
• From its inception, Ramstein was designed as a NATO command base.
• The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".