Nonstop flight route between Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands and Trenton, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands and Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN), Trenton, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,742 miles (or 6,021 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 Groningen Airport Eelde and Trenton-Mercer 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 Groningen Airport Eelde and Trenton-Mercer Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ):

• Though there are several scheduled services operating from the airport the majority of operations at the airport mostly comprise charter flights to holiday destinations in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.
• Groningen Airport Eelde handled 20,866 passengers last year.
• During World War II, between 1940 and 1945, the airport was occupied by the German Military.
• In 1977, a new passenger terminal opened and more parking space for cars was constructed.
• Because of Groningen Airport Eelde's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Groningen Airport Eelde 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.
• Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) has 2 runways.
• In 1956, the airport was renamed as "Luchthaven Eelde NV".
• The closest airport to Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Emden Airport (EME), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) NE of GRQ.
• The furthest airport from Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,778 miles (18,956 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Finally, the province's State of Council gave the final go ahead for the runway extension on February 15, 2012.
• The airfield returns to the hands of the NV Luchtvaartterrein Noord-Nederland.

Facts about Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN):

• The closest airport to Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) is Princeton Airport (PCT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NE of TTN.
• In 1994 as a cost-cutting measure, the Mercer County Airport Police and Fire Department was disbanded and replaced by the Mercer County Sheriff's Office and ProTec Fire Services.
• The furthest airport from Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,737 miles (18,889 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Mercer County has a variety of taxi cab companies which operate from the Trenton Transit Center which services the Northeast Corridor via Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and SEPTA railroads.
• In 1995 the airport's name was changed to Trenton-Mercer Airport in an effort to identify it with the city of Trenton.
• Because of Trenton-Mercer Airport's relatively low elevation of 212 feet, planes can take off or land at Trenton-Mercer 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.
• Trenton-Mercer Airport is home to multiple flight schools.
• The first airplane landed at what is now Trenton-Mercer Airport in 1907, in what was then Alfred Reeder's farm field, just off of Bear Tavern Road in Ewing.
• Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) has 2 runways.