Nonstop flight route between Gainesville, Georgia, United States and Tegel / Berlin, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (GVL), Gainesville, Georgia, United States and Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), Tegel / Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,654 miles (or 7,491 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 Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport and Berlin Tegel 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 Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport and Berlin Tegel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GVL / KGVL |
| Airport Name: | Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport |
| Location: | Gainesville, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°16'21"N by 83°49'49"W |
| Area Served: | Gainesville, Georgia |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Gainesville |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1276 feet (389 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GVL |
| More Information: | GVL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TXL / EDDT |
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| Location: | Tegel / Berlin, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°33'34"N by 13°17'16"E |
| Area Served: | Berlin, Germany |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 122 feet (37 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TXL |
| More Information: | TXL Maps & Info |
Facts about Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (GVL):
- Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (GVL) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (GVL) is Barrow County Airport (WDR), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) SSE of GVL.
- Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in Gainesville, a city in Hall County, Georgia, United States.
- The furthest airport from Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (GVL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL):
- In addition to being known as "Berlin Tegel Airport", another name for TXL is "Flughafen Berlin-Tegel".
- During World War II, the area served once again as a military training area, mostly for Flak troops.
- British Airways was the last of West Berlin's three main scheduled carriers to commence regular operations from Tegel following the move from Tempelhof on 1 September 1975.
- Because of Berlin Tegel Airport's relatively low elevation of 122 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tegel 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.
- Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) has 2 runways.
- From 1 November 1972, the daily Air France service between Orly and Tegel routed via Cologne in both directions to maintain the airline's internal German traffic rights from/to Berlin.
- On that day, Air France, which had served Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Nuremberg and its main base at Paris Le Bourget/Orly during the previous decade from Tempelhof with Douglas DC-4, Sud-Est Languedoc and Lockheed Constellation/Super Constellation piston equipment, shifted its entire Berlin operation to Tegel because Tempelhof's runways were too short to permit the introduction of the Sud-Aviation Caravelle, the French flag carrier's new short-haul jet, with a viable payload.
- The furthest airport from Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,685 miles (18,805 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The move from Tempelhof to Tegel resulted in all of Pan Am's Berlin operations being concentrated at the latter.
- Berlin Tegel Airport handled 19,591,849 passengers last year.
- In 1988, Berlin Tegel was named after German aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal.
- The closest airport to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SE of TXL.
- Plans for converting the area into allotment gardens were shelved due to the Berlin Blockade, which began on 24 June 1948.
- Air France subsequently routed all of its CDG–Tegel flights via Düsseldorf and standardised the aircraft equipment on the 727-200/200 Advanced.
- Soon after the outbreak of World War I, on 20 August 1914, the area was dedicated to military training of aerial reconnaissance crews.
