Nonstop flight route between Erfurt, Germany and West Chicago, Illinois, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF), Erfurt, Germany and DuPage Airport (DPA), West Chicago, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,397 miles (or 7,077 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 Erfurt–Weimar Airport and DuPage 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 Erfurt–Weimar Airport and DuPage Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ERF / EDDE |
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| Location: | Erfurt, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°58'46"N by 10°57'29"E |
| Area Served: | Erfurt and Weimar |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Erfurt GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1036 feet (316 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ERF |
| More Information: | ERF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DPA / KDPA |
| Airport Name: | DuPage Airport |
| Location: | West Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°54'24"N by 88°14'53"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 759 feet (231 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DPA |
| More Information: | DPA Maps & Info |
Facts about Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF):
- The furthest airport from Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,833 miles (19,043 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Erfurt–Weimar Airport", another name for ERF is "Flughafen Erfurt–Weimar".
- Erfurt–Weimar Airport is the airport of Erfurt, the capital of the German state of Thuringia and also serves the nearby well-known city of Weimar.
- The airport can be reached via nearby motorway A71 which leads from Erfurt to Schweinfurt in Bavaria.
- Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) is Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ), which is located 62 miles (99 kilometers) SE of ERF.
- The airport used to have scheduled service from London Stansted Airport from Ryanair which ceased on 19 January 2005 when the airline moved services to Leipzig–Altenburg Airport leaving the airport with no regular flights operated by a low-cost carrier.
Facts about DuPage Airport (DPA):
- The DuPage Airport Authority owns 2,800 acres and operates four separate business units.
- The furthest airport from DuPage Airport (DPA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,056 miles (17,792 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- A year after the Navy began operations, Howard Aircraft Corporation opened a factory east of the airport across the road.
- Because of DuPage Airport's relatively low elevation of 759 feet, planes can take off or land at DuPage 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.
- DuPage Airport (DPA) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to DuPage Airport (DPA) is Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of DPA.
