Nonstop flight route between Westerland, Germany and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sylt Airport (GWT), Westerland, Germany and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,318 miles (or 8,558 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 Sylt Airport and McCarran 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 Sylt Airport and McCarran International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sylt Airport (GWT):

• Sylt Airport handled 21,000 passengers last year.
• Sylt Airport is the airport on the German island of Sylt located in the municipality of Sylt.
• Sylt Airport (GWT) has 2 runways.
• Because of Sylt Airport's relatively low elevation of 51 feet, planes can take off or land at Sylt 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.
• The closest airport to Sylt Airport (GWT) is Vojens Airport (SKS), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) ENE of GWT.
• In addition to being known as "Sylt Airport", another name for GWT is "Flughafen Sylt".
• The furthest airport from Sylt Airport (GWT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,640 miles (18,733 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The island of Sylt used to be a famous destination for leisure and holidays back in the beginning of the 20th century.

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• In 2005 the D Gates NE wing opened adding 10 gates.
• In 2012 McCarran ranked 24th in the world for passenger traffic, with 40,799,830 passengers passing through the terminal.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• McCarran International Airport has two public passenger terminals.
• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• On October 16, 2003 the airport installed SpeedCheck kiosks which allow customers to obtain a boarding pass without having to go to a specific airline kiosk or counter.
• On January 4, 2005 the airport started offering wireless internet service at no charge.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• In 2003 the airport announced it was implementing a baggage-tracking system that will use Radio-frequency identification bag tags from Matrics Inc.
• The airport is served by various taxicab firms and by RTC Transit, the public bus service of the Las Vegas valley.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• McCarran International Airport is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, United States.
• In the 1990s all gates and check in counters were upgraded to use a common set of computer hardware.
• McCarran Airport has more than 1,234 slot machines throughout the airport terminals.