Nonstop flight route between Frederick, Maryland, United States and Charleston, West Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK), Frederick, Maryland, United States and Yeager Airport (CRW), Charleston, West Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 238 miles (or 383 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 Frederick Municipal Airport and Yeager Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK):

• On May 11, 2005, a single engine Cessna that flew into restricted air space around Washington, D.C.
• Plans for the airfield include upgrading the existing runway 5/23 to 6,000 feet in length, 12/30 to 3,750 feet, and adding a third turf runway with 2,400 feet.
• Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,649 miles (18,748 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Frederick Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 303 feet, planes can take off or land at Frederick Municipal 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 Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK) is Montgomery County Airpark (GAI), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) SSE of FDK.
• Frederick Municipal Airport is classified as a general aviation airport.

Facts about Yeager Airport (CRW):

• On January 10, 2009 Colgan Air flight 6880 on behalf of United Airlines reported a hydraulics leak.
• On June 25, 2009 AirTran Airways began service from Charleston to Orlando.
• The closest airport to Yeager Airport (CRW) is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SSE of CRW.
• On February 8, 2010, a Freedom Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 on flight 6121 to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport on behalf of Delta Air Lines with 46 passengers and 3 crew, rejected takeoff from Charleston at high speed and came to a safe stop about 400 feet short of the runway end.
• Yeager Airport covers 767 acres at an elevation of 981 feet above mean sea level.
• Yeager Airport (CRW) has 2 runways.
• During World War II Charleston's airport, Wertz Field, closed when the airport's approaches were blocked by the federal government building a synthetic rubber plant next to the airport.
• The furthest airport from Yeager Airport (CRW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Yeager Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at Yeager 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.
• Federal Aviation Administration records show 264,818 passenger enplanements in calendar year 2010, an increase of 11.2% from the 238,190 enplanements in 2009.