Nonstop flight route between Great Bend, Kansas, United States and Leipzig, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD), Great Bend, Kansas, United States and Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Leipzig, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,975 miles (or 8,006 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 Great Bend Municipal Airport and Leipzig/Halle 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 Great Bend Municipal Airport and Leipzig/Halle Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GBD / KGBD | 
| Airport Name: | Great Bend Municipal Airport | 
| Location: | Great Bend, Kansas, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°20'39"N by 98°51'33"W | 
| Area Served: | Great Bend, Kansas | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Great Bend | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1887 feet (575 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GBD | 
| More Information: | GBD Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEJ / EDDP | 
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| Location: | Leipzig, Germany | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°25'26"N by 12°14'11"E | 
| Area Served: | Leipzig and Halle | 
| Operator/Owner: | Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding AG | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 470 feet (143 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from LEJ | 
| More Information: | LEJ Maps & Info | 
Facts about Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD):
- The closest airport to Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) is Hays Regional Airport (HYS), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NNW of GBD.
 - Great Bend Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located four nautical miles west of the central business district of Great Bend, a city in Barton County, Kansas, United States.
 - Great Bend Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,887 acres at an elevation of 1,887 feet above mean sea level.
 - Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) has 2 runways.
 - The furthest airport from Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,769 miles (17,331 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
 
Facts about Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ):
- Despite its name, the airport ground property tax goes to the county of Delitzsch.
 - The furthest airport from Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,774 miles (18,948 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - Leipzig/Halle Airport railway station is located directly beneath the passenger terminal and has national connections to cities like Magdeburg, Hanover, Cologne and Dresden.
 - Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) has 2 runways.
 - The closest airport to Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of LEJ.
 - Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 2,286,151 passengers last year.
 - Because of Leipzig/Halle Airport's relatively low elevation of 470 feet, planes can take off or land at Leipzig/Halle 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.
 - In addition to being known as "Leipzig/Halle Airport", another name for LEJ is "Flughafen Leipzig/Halle".
 - Furthermore some US airlines fly to Leipzig/Halle on behalf of the US Department of Defense that engaged them to bring US Army troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.
 
