Nonstop flight route between Heringsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Funchal, Madeira, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Heringsdorf Airport (HDF), Heringsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany and Madeira Airport (FNC), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,105 miles (or 3,388 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 Heringsdorf Airport and Madeira Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Heringsdorf Airport (HDF):

• The furthest airport from Heringsdorf Airport (HDF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,592 miles (18,656 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Heringsdorf Airport's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Heringsdorf 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.
• In addition to being known as "Heringsdorf Airport", another name for HDF is "Flughafen Heringsdorf".
• Due to the size of the airport and the island itself there is no scheduled public transportation available.
• Heringsdorf Airport (HDF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Heringsdorf Airport (HDF) is "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport (SZZ), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) ESE of HDF.

Facts about Madeira Airport (FNC):

• The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports ranked it as the 9th most dangerous airport in the world, and the second most dangerous in Europe after Gibraltar International Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Madeira Airport", another name for FNC is "Aeroporto da Madeira".
• The closest airport to Madeira Airport (FNC) is Porto Santo Airport (PXO), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) NE of FNC.
• Between 1982 and 1986, Madeira's runway was successfully extended by 200 m to a total of 1,800 m, and also four gates were opened.
• Because of Madeira Airport's relatively low elevation of 190 feet, planes can take off or land at Madeira 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 airport was once infamous for its short runway which, surrounded by high mountains and the ocean, made it a tricky landing for even the most experienced of pilots.
• Madeira Airport (FNC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Madeira Airport (FNC) is Lord Howe Island Airport (LDH), which is nearly antipodal to Madeira Airport (meaning Madeira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lord Howe Island Airport), and is located 12,181 miles (19,604 kilometers) away in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia.
• Madeira Airport handled 2,311,380 passengers last year.
• In 2000, the runway was again extended this time to 2,781 m almost doubling the size of the original runway.