Nonstop flight route between Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany and Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH), Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany and Isle of Man Airport (IOM), Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 757 miles (or 1,218 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 Friedrichshafen Airport and Isle of Man Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH):

• The furthest airport from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Friedrichshafen Airport (meaning Friedrichshafen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,045 miles (19,384 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Right next to the terminal there is a museum dedicated to the former German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke.
• Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport consists of one passenger terminal building that features eight departure gates as well as some shops and restaurants.
• Friedrichshafen can be reached from all directions via federal highways B30 and B31 which are connected to several motorways like the A96 from Munich or the A13/A14 from Austria and Switzerland.
• In addition to being known as "Friedrichshafen Airport", another name for FDH is "Flughafen Friedrichshafen".
• The closest airport to Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) is St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) S of FDH.
• Friedrichshafen Airport has its own small railway station named Friedrichshafen Flughafen directly across from the terminal building.

Facts about Isle of Man Airport (IOM):

• Isle of Man Airport (IOM) has 2 runways.
• Isle of Man Airport handled 739,683 passengers last year.
• Ronaldsway was first used as an airfield in 1928 with passenger services to the UK starting in 1933, operated by Blackpool and West Coast Air Services.
• The closest airport to Isle of Man Airport (IOM) is Barrow/Walney Island Airport (BWF), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) E of IOM.
• Citywing has its head office in Hangar 9 at the airport.
• The furthest airport from Isle of Man Airport (IOM) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,847 miles (19,066 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The Isle of Man Railway also stops at the nearby Ronaldsway request stop, making possible a unique opportunity in the British Isles to travel to an airport behind a steam locomotive.
• An expansion of the airport during the War led to the discovery of the archaeological remains of a Neolithic settlement belonging to what is now called the Ronaldsway culture, in honour of this site.
• Because of Isle of Man Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Isle of Man 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 addition to being known as "Isle of Man Airport", another name for IOM is "Purt Aer Vannin".