Nonstop flight route between Güttin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Detroit, Michigan, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI), Güttin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET), Detroit, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,142 miles (or 6,666 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 Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield and Coleman A. Young 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 Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield and Coleman A. Young International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GTI / EDCG | 
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| Location: | Güttin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°23'3"N by 13°19'54"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Ostsee-Flug-Rügen GmbH | 
| Airport Type: | commercial airfield | 
| Elevation: | 69 feet (21 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GTI | 
| More Information: | GTI Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DET / KDET | 
| Airport Name: | Coleman A. Young International Airport | 
| Location: | Detroit, Michigan, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°24'33"N by 83°0'36"W | 
| Area Served: | Detroit, Michigan | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Detroit | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 626 feet (191 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from DET | 
| More Information: | DET Maps & Info | 
Facts about Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI):
- Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI) currently has only 1 runway.
 - Rügen Airport, also known as Bergen Airfield or Güttin Airfield, is the only airfield on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
 - Because of Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield's relatively low elevation of 69 feet, planes can take off or land at Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield 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 "Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield", another name for GTI is "Flugplatz Rügen/ Regionalflugplatz Güttin".
 - The airfield lies only a few hundred metres from the B 96 federal road.
 - The furthest airport from Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,584 miles (18,643 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - The closest airport to Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI) is Stralsund Barth Airport (BBH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) W of GTI.
 - In the years after 1990 the first charter flights to Bornholm, Berlin-Tempelhof and Hamburg were added.
 
Facts about Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET):
- Because of Coleman A. Young International Airport's relatively low elevation of 626 feet, planes can take off or land at Coleman A. Young International 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.
 - Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET) has 2 runways.
 - The furthest airport from Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,295 miles (18,178 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
 - The airport has been listed as an asset of the City of Detroit which could be sold to cover debts as a result of the city's 2013 bankruptcy filing.
 - The closest airport to Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET) is Windsor International Airport (YQG), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of DET.
 
