Nonstop flight route between Berlin, Germany and Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany and Door County Cherryland Airport (SUE), Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,236 miles (or 6,817 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 Door County Cherryland 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 Door County Cherryland 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: | SUE / KSUE |
Airport Name: | Door County Cherryland Airport |
Location: | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°50'36"N by 87°25'18"W |
Area Served: | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Operator/Owner: | Door County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 724 feet (221 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SUE |
More Information: | SUE Maps & Info |
Facts about Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW):
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest military neighbour to RAF Gatow was a tank unit of the National People's Army of East Germany.
- RAF Gatow has the unique and unlikely distinction of being the base for the only known operational use of flying boats in central Europe, during the Berlin Blockade, on the nearby Großer Wannsee in the Havel river.
- 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.
- Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
- Known for most of its operational life as Royal Air Force Station Gatow, or more commonly RAF Gatow, this former British Royal Air Force airfield is in the district of Gatow in south-western Berlin, west of the Havel river, in the borough of Spandau.
- On 20 June 1980, the Royal Australian Air Force presented a Douglas Dakota to RAF Gatow in commemoration of its role.
- 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.
- These aircraft were also used for reconnaissance missions in co-operation with The British Commander-in-Chief's Mission to the Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany, commonly known as BRIXMIS.
- 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.
Facts about Door County Cherryland Airport (SUE):
- The closest airport to Door County Cherryland Airport (SUE) is Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SW of SUE.
- Because of Door County Cherryland Airport's relatively low elevation of 724 feet, planes can take off or land at Door County Cherryland 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.
- Door County Cherryland Airport (SUE) has 2 runways.
- Door County Cherryland Airport is home to the Door County Civil Air Patrol Senior Squadron.
- The furthest airport from Door County Cherryland Airport (SUE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,025 miles (17,742 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.