Nonstop flight route between Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany and Bedford, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hamburg Airport (HAM), Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany and Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED), Bedford, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,621 miles (or 5,828 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 Hamburg Airport and Laurence G. Hanscom Field, 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 Hamburg Airport and Laurence G. Hanscom Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hamburg Airport (HAM):

• Hamburg Airport (HAM) has 2 runways.
• Runways, taxiways and aprons are able to handle the Airbus A380.
• The closest airport to Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of HAM.
• Because of Hamburg Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamburg 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 furthest airport from Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,698 miles (18,826 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• By road, the airport can be reached from motorway A7 using the state highway B433, which is the third ring road.
• The airport is also linked by some local bus routes to nearby areas as well as regular coach services to the cities of Kiel, Neumünster and Lübeck.
• In addition to being known as "Hamburg Airport", another name for HAM is "Flughafen Hamburg".
• Hamburg Airport, known in German as Flughafen Hamburg, is the international airport of Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany.
• Hamburg Airport handled 13,502,939 passengers last year.
• In the 1960s discussions began with the aim of moving the airport to Heidmoor by Kaltenkirchen.

Facts about Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED):

• Hanscom Field covers 1,125 acres at an elevation of 132 feet above mean sea level.
• Hanscom Field is a public use airport operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority in Bedford, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
• Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED) has 2 runways.
• On August 8, 1962, a US Air Force KC-135 tanker crashed on approach to Hanscom Field's runway 11, destroying the aircraft and killing all three members of the flight crew.
• In addition to being known as "Laurence G. Hanscom Field", another name for BED is "Hanscom Air Force Base".
• In 2006, Neil Entwistle was flown from London to Hanscom by U.S.
• Because of Laurence G. Hanscom Field's relatively low elevation of 132 feet, planes can take off or land at Laurence G. Hanscom Field 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 Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED) is Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) ESE of BED.
• The furthest airport from Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,753 miles (18,914 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.