Nonstop flight route between Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany and Bendigo, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany and Bendigo Airport (BXG), Bendigo, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,960 miles (or 16,030 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 Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base and Bendigo 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 Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base and Bendigo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL):

• The furthest airport from Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base", another name for FEL is "Flugplatz FürstenfeldbruckAdvanced Landing Ground R-72".
• Fifty direct hits were made on the field the afternoon of 9 April 1945 when 338 B-17s of the 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force, unleashed 867 tons of bombs on the runways, hangars, repair shops, and other facilities.
• When the Allied Forces moved in to take possession of the field in late April, they found that Prisoners of War and townspeople had looted until they left a deserted installation.
• Fürstenfeldbruck became famous first as the main training base for the German Luftwaffe during World War II, then as the site of the Munich massacre of nine Israeli athletes and coaches and one German police officer at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
• Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The squadrons retained the same color designations with their F-84s, however the F-84 markings consisted of a solid geometric shape painted on the vertical stabilizer, just above the radio call number, with a capital letter specific to each aircraft at the center.
• The closest airport to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Augsburg Airport (AGB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NW of FEL.
• The 306th Bomb Group engaged in special photographic mapping duty in western Europe and North Africa.
• On 9 July 1952 the activated Air National Guard 117th TRW was released from active duty.

Facts about Bendigo Airport (BXG):

• The furthest airport from Bendigo Airport (BXG) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Bendigo Airport (meaning Bendigo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,127 miles (19,516 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Because of Bendigo Airport's relatively low elevation of 705 feet, planes can take off or land at Bendigo 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 Bendigo Airport (BXG) is Echuca Airport (ECH), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) NNE of BXG.
• Bendigo Airport (BXG) has 2 runways.