Nonstop flight route between Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and London, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Baden Airpark (FKB), Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and London City Airport (LCY), London, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 402 miles (or 647 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 Baden Airpark and London City Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FKB / EDSB |
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| Location: | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°46'45"N by 8°4'50"E |
| Area Served: | Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe |
| Operator/Owner: | Baden-Airpark GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 408 feet (124 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FKB |
| More Information: | FKB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LCY / EGLC |
| Airport Name: | London City Airport |
| Location: | London, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°30'19"N by 0°3'19"E |
| Area Served: | London, United Kingdom |
| Operator/Owner: | GIP (75%) Highstar Capital (25%) |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 19 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LCY |
| More Information: | LCY Maps & Info |
Facts about Baden Airpark (FKB):
- Baden Airpark (FKB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Baden Airpark's relatively low elevation of 408 feet, planes can take off or land at Baden Airpark 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 airport can be reached via motorway A5 which leads from Hesse to Switzerland.
- The first commercial flight from Hapag-Lloyd Flug took place in April 2001.
- In addition to being known as "Baden Airpark", another name for FKB is "Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden".
- The furthest airport from Baden Airpark (FKB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Baden Airpark (meaning Baden Airpark is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,031 miles (19,362 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Baden Airpark (FKB) is Strasbourg International Airport (SXB), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of FKB.
Facts about London City Airport (LCY):
- The furthest airport from London City Airport (LCY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,881 miles (19,121 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- By 1995 passenger numbers reached half a million, and Mowlem sold the airport to Irish businessman Dermot Desmond.
- London City Airport (LCY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to London City Airport (LCY) is London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) S of LCY.
- Because of London City Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at London City 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.
- Before the Games of the XXX Olympiad it was reported that over £7 million was invested in the terminal to extend the Central Search area and adding other improvements.
- The airport was first proposed in 1981 by Reg Ward, who was Chief Executive of the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation that was responsible for the regeneration of the area.
- London City Airport handled 3,379,753 passengers last year.
- The size and layout of the airport and overall complexity caused by the lack of taxiways mean that the airport gets very busy during peak hours.
- In 1990 the airport handled 230,000 passengers, but the figures fell drastically after the Gulf War and did not recover until 1993, when 245,000 passengers were carried.
