Nonstop flight route between Berlin, Germany and Burbach, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany and Siegerland Airport (SGE), Burbach, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 249 miles (or 401 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 relatively short distance between Royal Air Force Station Gatow and Siegerland Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | SGE / EDGS | 
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| Location: | Burbach, Germany | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°42'28"N by 8°4'59"E | 
| Area Served: | Siegerland, Germany | 
| Elevation: | 1965 feet (599 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SGE | 
| More Information: | SGE Maps & Info | 
Facts about Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW):
- 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.
 - RAF Gatow was from 1970 also used by the UKs Army Air Corps, 7 Aviation Flight AAC, later renamed 7 Flight AAC being based at the station initially flying four Westland Sioux and later three Aérospatiale Gazelle AH 1 helicopters.
 - 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.
 - Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - During the Berlin Airlift, the Station was modernised with a 2,000 yards long concrete runway, using 794 German workers, in March 1947.
 - BEA moved to Tempelhof Airport in 1951, where most of West Berlin's commercial air transport operations were concentrated from then on.
 
Facts about Siegerland Airport (SGE):
- The closest airport to Siegerland Airport (SGE) is Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) WNW of SGE.
 - The furthest airport from Siegerland Airport (SGE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,915 miles (19,175 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - In addition to being known as "Siegerland Airport", another name for SGE is "Siegerlandflughafen".
 - Siegerland Airport (SGE) has 3 runways.
 
