Nonstop flight route between Gilgit, Pakistan and Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gilgit Airport (GIL), Gilgit, Pakistan and Hamburg Airport (HAM), Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,257 miles (or 5,241 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 Gilgit Airport and Hamburg 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 Gilgit Airport and Hamburg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gilgit Airport (GIL):

• The closest airport to Gilgit Airport (GIL) is Chilas Airport (CHB), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) SSW of GIL.
• Because of Gilgit Airport's high elevation of 4,796 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GIL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GIL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Gilgit Airport (GIL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,793 miles (18,979 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Gilgit Airport (GIL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Hamburg Airport (HAM):

• By road, the airport can be reached from motorway A7 using the state highway B433, which is the third ring road.
• During the British occupation, beginning in 1945, the airport was given its current name, Hamburg Airport.
• The closest airport to Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of HAM.
• Hamburg Airport handled 13,502,939 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Hamburg Airport", another name for HAM is "Flughafen Hamburg".
• Because of Hamburg Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamburg 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 the early 1990s, the airport began an extensive modernization process.
• Terminal 2 was completed in 1993.
• Hamburg Airport (HAM) has 2 runways.
• Terminal 1 was completed in 2005 and is highly similar to Terminal 2 in terms of design and size.
• The furthest airport from Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,698 miles (18,826 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.