Nonstop flight route between Grenoble, France and Celle, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB), Grenoble, France and Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 543 miles (or 873 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 Grenoble–Isère Airport and Celle Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB):

• In addition to being known as "Grenoble–Isère Airport", another name for GNB is "Aéroport de Grenoble–Isère".
• Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Grenoble–Isère Airport (meaning Grenoble–Isère Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,298 miles (19,792 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) is Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNW of GNB.

Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):

• One year after the foundation of the Bundeswehr the British forces handed over the airfield to the German Army on 29 November 1957.
• After the end of the Cold War Celle Air Base's ability for instrument flights was removed and the emergency landing strips on the motorways were abandoned.
• At the same time, Celle residents began to complain about the so-called “Veronikas″, German women attracted to the well paid soldiers.
• Because of Celle Air Base's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Celle Air Base 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 closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
• After World War I the airfield was initially abandoned even though some flights took place in the 1920s.
• In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
• Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,761 miles (18,928 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Under British occupation metal plates were laid on the entire airfield in order to enable the landing of larger aircraft.
• After RAF Fassberg and RAF Wunstorf Celle became the third airfield in the region to serve in the airlift.