Nonstop flight route between Longview, Texas, United States and Rostock, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Texas Regional Airport (GGG), Longview, Texas, United States and Rostock–Laage Airport (RLG), Rostock, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,064 miles (or 8,149 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 East Texas Regional Airport and Rostock–Laage 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 East Texas Regional Airport and Rostock–Laage Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about East Texas Regional Airport (GGG):

• East Texas Regional Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres at an elevation of 365 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from East Texas Regional Airport (GGG) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,861 miles (17,479 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to East Texas Regional Airport (GGG) is Harrison County Airport (ASL), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) ENE of GGG.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 24,835 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 24,944 enplanements in 2009, and 21,830 in 2010.
• Because of East Texas Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 365 feet, planes can take off or land at East Texas Regional 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.
• East Texas Regional Airport (GGG) has 2 runways.
• East Texas Regional Airport is a county owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles south of the central business district of Longview, in Gregg County, Texas, United States.

Facts about Rostock–Laage Airport (RLG):

• The airport consists of one modern passenger terminal building containing a large check-in hall as well as some shops and restaurants.
• There are three buses a day from Rostock Central Station.
• The furthest airport from Rostock–Laage Airport (RLG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,635 miles (18,724 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Construction of the airport began in 1979 as a National People's Army facility.
• The closest airport to Rostock–Laage Airport (RLG) is Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) NNE of RLG.
• The airport is expected to post losses of € 2.8 million for 2013 while the passenger numbers decreased by 12 percent in the same year.
• Because of Rostock–Laage Airport's relatively low elevation of 138 feet, planes can take off or land at Rostock–Laage 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.
• Rostock–Laage Airport (RLG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Rostock–Laage Airport", another name for RLG is "Flughafen Rostock–Laage".