Nonstop flight route between Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Split, Croatia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE), Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Split Airport (SPU), Split, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 702 miles (or 1,129 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 Split Airport, 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):

• 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.
• NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen is located in the Federal Republic of Germany, near the village of Teveren and six kilometers west of the town of Geilenkirchen.
• The Component’s multinational, fully integrated workforce consists of more than 3,000 military and civilian personnel from 16 NATO member nations.
• 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.
• 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).
• NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Following NATO’s decision to establish the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force program and to make the base near Teveren the Main Operating Base of the E­3A Component, a major construction program was started in 1980 to modify the operational and support facilities.
• An Economic Impact Study compiled by the NATO E-3A Component shows a 2008 economic impact of 275.8 million euro within a 200-kilometer radius of the base.

Facts about Split Airport (SPU):

• Because of Split Airport's relatively low elevation of 78 feet, planes can take off or land at Split 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.
• Split Airport (SPU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Split Airport, also known as Resnik Airport, is the airport serving the city of Split, Croatia.
• The apron was already constructed in 2011 with the capacity slightly over the old one but with better security conditions.
• The furthest airport from Split Airport (SPU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,800 miles (18,990 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Split Airport handled 1,581,734 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Split Airport", another name for SPU is "Zračna luka Split".
• The closest airport to Split Airport (SPU) is Bol Airport (BWK), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SE of SPU.
• In the last few years the summer peaks activity called for an expansion of the airport s capacity.