Nonstop flight route between Berlin, Germany and Užice, Serbia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany and Užice-Ponikve Airport (UZC), Užice, Serbia would travel a Great Circle distance of 664 miles (or 1,069 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 Užice-Ponikve 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 |
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More Information: | GWW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UZC / LYUZ |
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Location: | Užice, Serbia |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°53'55"N by 19°41'51"E |
Operator/Owner: | City of Užice |
Airport Type: | Civil/Military |
Elevation: | 2943 feet (897 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from UZC |
More Information: | UZC 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.
- 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.
- During the Berlin Airlift, the Station was modernised with a 2,000 yards long concrete runway, using 794 German workers, in March 1947.
- Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- In November 1948, the latest RAF transport aircraft, the Handley Page Hastings, was added to the squadrons flying into RAF Gatow and some aircrews and aircraft were redeployed to train replacement aircrews.
- The novel Air Bridge by Hammond Innes is partially set in RAF Gatow at the time of the Berlin Airlift, and is notable for its accurate descriptions of the Station, including corridors and rooms within it.
- The first landing by a Royal Air Force aircraft was by Avro Anson serial number PW698 on 2 July 1945 at 11.55 hours.
Facts about Užice-Ponikve Airport (UZC):
- Užice-Ponikve Airport (UZC) has 2 runways.
- Ponikve airport was heavily bombarded by NATO forces during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
- Currently operable runway length from its threshold 11 is 2,200 m, which is enough for operations of 130 passengers aircraft class.
- In addition to being known as "Užice-Ponikve Airport", other names for UZC include "Аеродром Ужице-Поникве", "Aerodrom Užice-Ponikve" and "LYUE".
- The airport is officially opened on 5 October 2013 in the framework of the celebration of the City day.
- The closest airport to Užice-Ponikve Airport (UZC) is Žabljak Airport (ZBK), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SSW of UZC.
- The furthest airport from Užice-Ponikve Airport (UZC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,633 miles (18,722 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- More 5 million euros is needed to complete the reconstruction of the airport.