Nonstop flight route between Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany and Chino, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ), Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany and Chino Airport (CNO), Chino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,733 miles (or 9,227 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 Fritzlar Air Base and Chino 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 Fritzlar Air Base and Chino Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ):

• Because of Fritzlar Air Base's relatively low elevation of 566 feet, planes can take off or land at Fritzlar Air Base 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.
• In March 1945 a training squadron of Nachtjagdgeschwader 101 was based in Fritzlar.
• Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 14/16 March 1939 the Staff and the first Group of the Kampfgeschwader 54 "Totenkopf" were established at Fritzlar Airfield.
• The furthest airport from Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,865 miles (19,096 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In August 1941 the hangars of the airfield were used by Junkers as maintenance and production site.
• In 1946 parts of the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment were based at Fritzlar Kaserne.
• During the Berlin Blockade in 1948/49, Fritzlar Air Base served as radio beacon and emergency airfield on route back to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden.
• Construction of the airfield began in September 1935, although the Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany to have an air force.
• The closest airport to Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Kassel Calden Airport (KSF), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNE of FRZ.
• In addition to being known as "Fritzlar Air Base", another name for FRZ is "Heeresflugplatz FritzlarAdvanced Landing Ground Y-86".

Facts about Chino Airport (CNO):

• The furthest airport from Chino Airport (CNO) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,466 miles (18,452 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of Chino Airport's relatively low elevation of 652 feet, planes can take off or land at Chino 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.
• Chino Airport (CNO) has 3 runways.
• Chino Airport is a county-owned airport about three miles southeast of Chino, in San Bernardino County, California.
• Chino Airport is the home of two aircraft museums, the Planes of Fame and the Yanks Air Museum, and the airport is one of the centers of aircraft restoration and preservation with several different companies that do this work at the airport.
• The closest airport to Chino Airport (CNO) is LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of CNO.