Nonstop flight route between New Bern, North Carolina, United States and Zürich, Switzerland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN), New Bern, North Carolina, United States and Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,300 miles (or 6,920 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 Coastal Carolina Regional Airport and Zurich 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 Coastal Carolina Regional Airport and Zurich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN):

• On July 10, 2008 the North Carolina General Assembly ratified a bill that allowed Craven County Regional Airport to change its name to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport.
• In September 2007, Coastal Carolina Regional Airport awarded a $677,000 contract to build a new 4,000 sq ft general aviation terminal for Tidewater Aviation.
• Coastal Carolina Regional Airport is a public airport located three miles southeast of central business district of New Bern, a town in Craven County, North Carolina, United States.
• Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,741 miles (18,896 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Coastal Carolina Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Coastal Carolina Regional 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 2011, Coast Carolina Regional Airport hosted three Honor Flights for World War II veterans.
• The closest airport to Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) is Albert J. Ellis Airport (OAJ), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) WSW of EWN.

Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):

• Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
• In 2003, Zurich Airport completed a major expansion project in which it built a new parking garage, a new midfield terminal, and an automated underground train to link the midfield terminal to the main terminal.
• When Swissair existed, its head office was at Zurich Airport and in Kloten.
• In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
• Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
• The first expansion of the airport was submitted in 1956, but the budget for the expansion was not approved by the Swiss Government until 1958 and the expansion was completed in 1961.