Nonstop flight route between Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany and Perth, Western Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ), Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany and Perth Airport (PER), Perth, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,594 miles (or 13,831 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 Fritzlar Air Base and Perth 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 Perth 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):

• 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.
• The closest airport to Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Kassel Calden Airport (KSF), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNE of FRZ.
• Construction of the airfield began in September 1935, although the Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany to have an air force.
• After V-E Day, both groups became part of the IX Air Defense Command.
• Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Fritzlar Air Base", another name for FRZ is "Heeresflugplatz FritzlarAdvanced Landing Ground Y-86".
• 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.
• The 1st Battalion left Fritzlar in 1951 and moved to Bad Hersfeld.

Facts about Perth Airport (PER):

• Perth Airport handled 13,664,394 passengers last year.
• —Text of roadside plaque in memory of John Scott.
• The airport only received international status and was renamed to Perth International Airport in 1952.
• Passenger numbers have trebled in the past 10 years with more than 12.6 million people travelling through the airport in 2012.
• Because of Perth Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Perth 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.
• Perth Airport (PER) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Perth Airport (PER) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Perth Airport (meaning Perth Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• The closest airport to Perth Airport (PER) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of PER.
• Construction of the new International Terminal and control tower commenced in March 1984 on the south-eastern side of the airfield.