Nonstop flight route between Fiumicino (near Rome), Italy and Sembach, Germany:
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A direct, nonstop flight between Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO), Fiumicino (near Rome), Italy and Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 574 miles (or 924 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 Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport and Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FCO / LIRF |
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Location: | Fiumicino (near Rome), Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°48'1"N by 12°14'20"E |
Area Served: | Rome, Italy |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroporti di Roma SpA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from FCO |
More Information: | FCO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SEX / ETAS |
Airport Name: | Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base |
Location: | Sembach, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°31'41"N by 7°51'56"E |
Operator/Owner: | United States with authority from Germany |
View all routes: | Routes from SEX |
More Information: | SEX Maps & Info |
Facts about Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO):
- From the 1960s until the 1980s, the airport experienced significant aircraft hijackings as well as being the scene of two major terrorist attacks and the port of origin for an aircraft bombing in flight—some engendered by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport handled 36,166,345 passengers last year.
- Because of Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci 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.
- Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport or Rome Fiumicino Airport, also simply known as Fiumicino Airport, is Italy's largest airport with 37.7 million passengers served in 2011.
- In addition to being known as "Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport", another name for FCO is "Fiumicino – Aeroporto Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci".
- The closest airport to Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO) is Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) E of FCO.
- Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,975 miles (19,272 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 2009, the terminals were renamed — A was renamed T1, AA was renamed T2, B and C became T3 and T5 stayed the same.
- Leonardo da Vinci is about 35 km by car from Rome's historic city centre.
Facts about Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX):
- The closest airport to Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Ramstein Air Base (RMS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of SEX.
- The furthest airport from Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,992 miles (19,299 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In the middle of April 1952, the residents of Sembach learned that the land to the north of the now completed flightline was to be used for the construction of multi-story barracks and office buildings.
- As part of the general withdrawal of French occupation forces from the left bank of the Rhine in 1930, the French abandoned the airfield on June 15, 1930.
- Another reason for the move to France was the unsuitability of Sembach's runway, which was barely adequate for the RF-84, but absolutely unsuitable for the higher performance RF-101 aircraft
- As 1957 progressed USAFE HQ decided to reorganizs its tactical reconnaissance assets.
- In April 1951, German surveyors visited the area in the company of French officers.
- During the Cold War, Sembach Air Base housed a variety of USAF Tactical Reconnaissance, Close Air Support and Tactical Air Control units as a front line NATO air base.