Nonstop flight route between Figari, Corsica, France and Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC), Figari, Corsica, France and Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 587 miles (or 944 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 Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) and Mainz Finthen Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FSC / LFKF | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Figari, Corsica, France | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°30'7"N by 9°5'48"E | 
| Area Served: | Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, France | 
| Operator/Owner: | CCI d'Ajaccio et de la Corse du Sud | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 87 feet (27 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from FSC | 
| More Information: | FSC Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | QMZ / EDFZ | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°58'8"N by 8°8'47"E | 
| Area Served: | Mainz, Germany | 
| Airport Type: | Civil | 
| Elevation: | 525 feet (160 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from QMZ | 
| More Information: | QMZ Maps & Info | 
Facts about Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC):
- Because of Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 87 feet, planes can take off or land at Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica 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.
- The closest airport to Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC) is Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of FSC.
- The furthest airport from Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (meaning Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,494 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport)", another name for FSC is "Aéroport Figari-Sud Corse".
- Figari-Sud Corse Airport (Figari South Corsica Airport) (FSC) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ):
- The closest airport to Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of QMZ.
- In addition to the airfield operations, Mainz Finthen offers instructional training for helicopters, ultralight aircraft and gyrocopters.
- Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Mainz Finthen Airport", other names for QMZ include "Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen" and "Advanced Landing Ground Y-64".
- From Ober-Olm JG 52 and 76 were involved in the air fighting during the Battle of France, both units moving west along with the advancing German forces.
- The furthest airport from Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,959 miles (19,246 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 70's and 80's the airport host some car race.
- Allied Army units moved into the Mainz area in mid-March 1945 as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany and Ober-Olm airfield was attacked by Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder medium bombers and P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers to deny the retreating German forces use of the facility.
- Because of Mainz Finthen Airport's relatively low elevation of 525 feet, planes can take off or land at Mainz Finthen 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.
- The airport was taken over by the French military in July 1945, and engineers moved in to clear the wartime wreckage and rebuild the facility.




