Nonstop flight route between Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Isfahan, Iran:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE), Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Isfahan International Airport (IFN), Isfahan, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,617 miles (or 4,211 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 NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component and Isfahan International 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 NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component and Isfahan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE):

• Since that time, most of the buildings on base have been renovated to present day standards and several new buildings have been erected.
• Since coming into service in the early 1980s, the aircraft and their onboard systems and associated ground-based equipment have undergone regular upgrading.
• The furthest airport from NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,929 miles (19,198 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) is Merzbrück Airfield (AAH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSE of GKE.
• NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) currently has only 1 runway.
• E-3A Component flying operations began in February 1982 after delivery of the first E­3A aircraft.
• Because of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component's relatively low elevation of 296 feet, planes can take off or land at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component 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 January 1980 the first E-3A Component personnel started arriving at the base, and in October 1980 the NATO Defence Planning Committee granted the E-3A Component the status of a NATO International Military Headquarters.

Facts about Isfahan International Airport (IFN):

• Because of Isfahan International Airport's high elevation of 5,059 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IFN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IFN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Isfahan International Airport", another name for IFN is "Esfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport".
• The closest airport to Isfahan International Airport (IFN) is Shahrekord International Airport (CQD), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) WSW of IFN.
• Isfahan International Airport handled 2,103,633 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Isfahan International Airport (IFN) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,653 miles (18,753 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Isfahan International Airport (IFN) has 2 runways.