Nonstop flight route between Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Kraków / Balice, Poland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK), Kraków / Balice, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 575 miles (or 926 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 Düsseldorf Airport and John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | KRK / EPKK |
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Location: | Kraków / Balice, Poland |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°4'40"N by 19°47'4"E |
Area Served: | Kraków |
Operator/Owner: | LHC/KRK Airport Services |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 791 feet (241 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from KRK |
More Information: | KRK Maps & Info |
Facts about Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):
- Terminal B was opened in 1973 and has 11 gates used mainly for domestic and EU-flights by Air Berlin and SkyTeam and Oneworld members.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WSW of DUS.
- At the end of the war the airport reopened for civil use in 1948.
- 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.
- With 18.99 million passengers passing through in 2010, the airport was the third busiest in Germany, after Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport, and was the 20th busiest airport in Europe.
- 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.
- Terminal C was opened in 1986 and has 8 gates used exclusively for non-Schengen-flights by non-Star Alliance airlines.
- Since 2003, an area of 23 hectares south-west of the airport terminal has been under redevelopment as Düsseldorf Airport City with an anticipated gross floor area of 250,000 square metres to be completed by 2016.
- Terminal A was opened in 1977 and has 16 gates used by Lufthansa and Lufthansa Regional, its airline partners and Star Alliance members.
- In 1973 the new central building and the Terminal B were opened and in 1975 the railroad connection between Düsseldorf central station and the airport started operation.
- Düsseldorf Airport handled 20,830,000 passengers last year.
- Düsseldorf Airport is the largest and primary airport for the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region – the largest metropolitan region in Germany and among the largest metropolitan areas of the world.
- Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Airport", another name for DUS is "Flughafen Düsseldorf".
Facts about John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK):
- 11 April 2013 saw the beginning of construction works of a new airport terminal, which would be adjacent to the existing old terminal building.
- In 1995 the airport's name was changed from Kraków–Balice Airport to John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice, to honor Pope John Paul II, who spent many years of his life in Kraków and had served as Archbishop of Kraków from 1963 until his elevation to the Papacy in 1978.
- In addition to being known as "John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice", another name for KRK is "Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Kraków–Balice".
- It is also expected that the railway line will ultimately reach the terminal building, rather than the current temporary stop 250 m from terminal T1 by 2015.
- The closest airport to John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) is Katowice International Airport (KTW), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) NW of KRK.
- Because of John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice's relatively low elevation of 791 feet, planes can take off or land at John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice 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 Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,559 miles (18,603 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) has 2 runways.
- A seven story parking garage opposite T1 became fully operational in May 2010.