Nonstop flight route between Frankfurt, Germany and Kinston, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany and Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO), Kinston, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,245 miles (or 6,831 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 Kinston Regional Jetport, 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 Kinston Regional Jetport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Frankfurt Airport (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.
• Planning for a third runway began in 1973.
• 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.
• Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
• Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
• 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.
• The airport did not emerge as a major international airline hub until 1958 when a new passenger terminal called Empfangsanlage Ost opened in the north-east corner of the airport ground.
• 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.
• In 2011 a large office building called The Squaire opened at Frankfurt Airport.
• To handle the predicted passenger amount of about 90 million in 2020, a new terminal section adjacent to Terminal 1 for an additional six million passengers opened on 10 October 2012.
• In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".

Facts about Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO):

• As a result of the Cold War and the expansion of the United States Air Force, Kinston Air Base* was reopened on 17 October 1950 by the USAF Air Training Command, as a contract flying training school with T-34 Mentor, T-6 Texan and T-28 Trojan aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Kinston Regional Jetport", another name for ISO is "Stallings Field".
• Kinston Regional Jetport, also known as Stallings Field, is a public airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Kinston, a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, USA.
• The furthest airport from Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,708 miles (18,843 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Piedmont Airlines provided service from Kinston to various destinations in North Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia from the early 1950s until 1995.
• Because of Kinston Regional Jetport's relatively low elevation of 94 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinston Regional Jetport 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 Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) is Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (GSB), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of ISO.
• One of the central features of the Kinston Regional Jetport is the Global TransPark, an industrial park adjoining the airport.
• Delta Air Lines briefly served Kinston in the 2000s, as did Allegiant Air.
• Kinston Regional Jetport (ISO) currently has only 1 runway.