Nonstop flight route between Güttin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI), Güttin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,632 miles (or 7,455 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 Offutt Air Force Base, 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 Offutt Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI):

• The airfield lies only a few hundred metres from the B 96 federal road.
• In the years after 1990 the first charter flights to Bornholm, Berlin-Tempelhof and Hamburg were added.
• 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.
• Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield (GTI) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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 addition to being known as "Rügen Airport/ Güttin Airfield", another name for GTI is "Flugplatz Rügen/ Regionalflugplatz Güttin".
• 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.

Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):

• The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
• It was first used as a dispatch point for Indian conflicts on the Great Plains.
• In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
• The 3902d Air Base Wing was inactivated on 1 March 1986, and the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing assumed host-unit responsibilities for Offutt.
• The 55 WG mission is to provide dominant intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance.
• Offutt AFB's legacy includes the construction of the first two bombers to drop atomic bombs and over 40 years as the headquarters for the former Strategic Air Command and home for its associated ground and aerial command centers for the U.S.
• In 1918, the 61st Balloon Company of the Army Air Corps was assigned to Fort Crook at the close of World War I, which performed combat reconnaissance training.
• At one minute past midnight, on 9 November 1948, Offutt gained international prominence when it became the host base for Headquarters Strategic Air Command, which was moved from Andrews AFB, Maryland.