Nonstop flight route between Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and New York City, New York, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,739 miles (or 6,017 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 Düsseldorf Airport and John F. Kennedy International 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 Düsseldorf Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DUS / EDDL |
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Location: | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°17'21"N by 6°46'0"E |
Area Served: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 147 feet (45 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DUS |
More Information: | DUS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JFK / KJFK |
Airport Name: | John F. Kennedy International Airport |
Location: | New York City, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°38'22"N by 73°46'44"W |
Area Served: | New York City |
Operator/Owner: | City of New York |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from JFK |
More Information: | JFK Maps & Info |
Facts about Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):
- The closest airport to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WSW of DUS.
- Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has 2 runways.
- Terminal A was opened in 1977 and has 16 gates used by Lufthansa and Lufthansa Regional, its airline partners and Star Alliance members.
- Düsseldorf Airport handled 20,830,000 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,899 miles (19,149 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- At the end of the war the airport reopened for civil use in 1948.
- In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Airport", another name for DUS is "Flughafen Düsseldorf".
- In 2002 the inter-terminal shuttle bus service was replaced by the suspended monorail called the SkyTrain connecting the terminal building with the InterCity train station.
- The first stage in the "Airport 2000+" programme commenced in 1999 with the laying of a foundation stone for an underground parking garage under the new terminal.
- Because of Düsseldorf Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf 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.
Facts about John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK):
- JFK has six terminals containing 151 gates, numbered 1–8, but skipping Terminal 6 and Terminal 3.
- John F. Kennedy International Airport handled 50,423,765 passengers last year.
- Because of John F. Kennedy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at John F. Kennedy 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 John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of JFK.
- Terminal 5 opened in 2008 for JetBlue Airways, the manager and primary tenant of the building, and serves as the base of their large JFK hub.
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 4 runways.
- Aircraft service facilities include seven aircraft hangars, an engine overhaul building, a 32-million-US-gallon aircraft fuel storage facility, and a truck garage.
- Airlines began scheduling jets into JFK in 1958–59.
- JFK opened with six runways and a seventh under construction.
- JFK was designed for aircraft up to 300,000-pound gross weight and had to be modified in the late 1960s to accommodate Boeing 747s.