Nonstop flight route between Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Fontvieille, Monaco:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE), Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Monaco Heliport (MCM), Fontvieille, Monaco would travel a Great Circle distance of 504 miles (or 811 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 NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component and Monaco Heliport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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

• The Component operates seventeen Boeing E-3A AWACS aircraft all of which are based on the Boeing 707 airframe Trainer Cargo Aircraft but which have since been retired).
• Normally, only a certain number of the E-3As and TCAs are present at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen at any given time.
• 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.
• NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Monaco Heliport (MCM):

• Because of Monaco Heliport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Monaco Heliport 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 "Monaco Heliport", another name for MCM is "Héliport de Monaco".
• Security is provided the Division de Police Maritime et Aéroportuaire, a subdivision of the Direction de la Sûreté Publique.
• Shuttle buses provide connections to and from the heliport with major hotels and many other locations within Monaco.
• Monaco Heliport or Monte Carlo Heliport is situated in the district of Fontvieille in the Principality of Monaco.
• The closest airport to Monaco Heliport (MCM) is Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) WSW of MCM.
• The furthest airport from Monaco Heliport (MCM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Monaco Heliport (meaning Monaco Heliport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,243 miles (19,704 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.