Nonstop flight route between Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Barstow, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dortmund Airport (DTM), Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Bicycle Lake Army Airfield (BYS), Barstow, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,557 miles (or 8,943 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 Dortmund Airport and Bicycle Lake Army Airfield, 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 Dortmund Airport and Bicycle Lake Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DTM / EDLW | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°31'5"N by 7°36'43"E | 
| Area Served: | Dortmund and the eastern Rhine-Ruhr area, Germany | 
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Dortmund GmbH | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 425 feet (130 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from DTM | 
| More Information: | DTM Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BYS / KBYS | 
| Airport Name: | Bicycle Lake Army Airfield | 
| Location: | Barstow, California, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°16'49"N by 116°37'48"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | United States Army | 
| Airport Type: | Military | 
| Elevation: | 2350 feet (716 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BYS | 
| More Information: | BYS Maps & Info | 
Facts about Dortmund Airport (DTM):
- Dortmund Airport (DTM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) WSW of DTM.
- Since 2006 it has been carrying the name "Dortmund Airport 21", in reference to the fact that Dortmund's utility company, DSW21, is its major shareholder.
- The furthest airport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,872 miles (19,106 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Dortmund Airport is served by an express bus to Dortmund main station, a shuttle bus to the nearby railway station Holzwickede/Dortmund Flughafen, a bus to the city's metro line U47, as well as a bus to the city of Unna.
- Over the next decades Düsseldorf Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport were the dominant commercial airports in the Rhine-Ruhr Area.
- Because of Dortmund Airport's relatively low elevation of 425 feet, planes can take off or land at Dortmund 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.
- In addition to being known as "Dortmund Airport", another name for DTM is "Flughafen Dortmund".
Facts about Bicycle Lake Army Airfield (BYS):
- The furthest airport from Bicycle Lake Army Airfield (BYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,364 miles (18,289 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Bicycle Lake Army Airfield (BYS) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Bicycle Lake Army Airfield (BYS) is Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SSW of BYS.




