Nonstop flight route between Frankfurt, Germany and Burley, Idaho, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany and Burley Municipal Airport (BYI), Burley, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,157 miles (or 8,299 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 Frankfurt Airport and Burley Municipal 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 Frankfurt Airport and Burley Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):

• On 10 October 2012, an 800-meter-long westward expansion of Terminal 1 called Pier A-Plus went into operation.
• The closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.
• Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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.
• Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
• The runway officially went into operation on 20 October 2011, with an aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel performing the first landing on 21 October.
• The southern side of the airport ground was home to the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was a major air base for the United States from 1947 until 2005, when the air base was closed and the property was acquired by Fraport.
• Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 30 December 2005, the Rhein-Main Air Base in the southern part of the airport ground was closed and the US Air Force moved to Ramstein Air Base.
• In 1951 restrictions for German air travellers were lifted and civil air traffic started to grow again.

Facts about Burley Municipal Airport (BYI):

• Because of Burley Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,150 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BYI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BYI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Burley Municipal Airport (BYI) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Burley Municipal Airport (BYI) is Magic Valley Regional Airport (TWF), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) W of BYI.
• In addition to being known as "Burley Municipal Airport", another name for BYI is "Burley J R Jack Simplot Airport".
• The furthest airport from Burley Municipal Airport (BYI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,854 miles (17,467 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.