Nonstop flight route between Berlin, Germany and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from GWW to OKC:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- GWW Airport Information
- OKC Airport Information
- Facts about GWW
- Facts about OKC
- Map of Nearest Airports to GWW
- List of Nearest Airports to GWW
- Map of Furthest Airports from GWW
- List of Furthest Airports from GWW
- Map of Nearest Airports to OKC
- List of Nearest Airports to OKC
- Map of Furthest Airports from OKC
- List of Furthest Airports from OKC
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany and Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,080 miles (or 8,176 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 Royal Air Force Station Gatow and Will Rogers World 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 Royal Air Force Station Gatow and Will Rogers World Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWW / EDBG |
Airport Name: | Royal Air Force Station Gatow |
Location: | Berlin, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°28'27"N by 13°8'17"E |
Operator/Owner: | formerly: Ministry of Defence, now: Bundeswehr |
Airport Type: | Military (airport no longer in operation) |
Elevation: | 161 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GWW |
More Information: | GWW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OKC / KOKC |
Airport Name: | Will Rogers World Airport |
Location: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°23'35"N by 97°36'2"W |
Area Served: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Operator/Owner: | Oklahoma City Airport Trust |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1295 feet (395 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from OKC |
More Information: | OKC Maps & Info |
Facts about Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW):
- The airfield was originally constructed in 1934 and 1935 by the Luftwaffe as a staff and technical college, Luftkriegsschule 2 Berlin-Gatow, in imitation of the Royal Air Force College at RAF Cranwell.
- Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
- BEA moved to Tempelhof Airport in 1951, where most of West Berlin's commercial air transport operations were concentrated from then on.
- The closest airport to Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NE of GWW.
- Because of Royal Air Force Station Gatow's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Royal Air Force Station Gatow 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.
- Following the reunification of Germany, the British ceded control of Gatow Airport on 18 June 1994, and it was handed back to the German Air Force on 7 September 1994.
- On 20 June 1980, the Royal Australian Air Force presented a Douglas Dakota to RAF Gatow in commemoration of its role.
- The furthest airport from Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,694 miles (18,819 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Clues to the airfield's original use survive in the barrack block accommodation, each block of which was named after a famous German airman of the First World War, with the airman's bust above the entrance door.
- Late April 1945, towards the end of World War II in Europe, the airfield was occupied by the advancing Red Army.
Facts about Will Rogers World Airport (OKC):
- Greyhound and other bus companies provide service to the airport but may need to be pre-arranged.
- Will Rogers World Airport has one terminal with 17 gates on the West Concourse and Central Concourse.
- On December 21, 2012, a U.S.
- Will Rogers World Airport handled 3,683,051 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Wiley Post Airport (PWA), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of OKC.
- Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,853 miles (17,466 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.