Nonstop flight route between Düne, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Cape Yakataga, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Heligoland Airport (HGL), Düne, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Yakataga Airport (CYT), Cape Yakataga, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,375 miles (or 7,040 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 Heligoland Airport and Yakataga 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 Heligoland Airport and Yakataga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Heligoland Airport (HGL):

• Heligoland Airport is a small airport on the German island of Düne, the smaller of the two isles of the Heligoland archipelago in the North Sea, about 70 kilometres from the mainland.
• A ferryboat service connects Düne to the Heligoland main island.
• The furthest airport from Heligoland Airport (HGL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,693 miles (18,819 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• From 2005 to 2006, the main runway was extended from 400 m to 480 m for compliance with EU regulations on commercial air traffic.
• Heligoland Airport (HGL) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Heligoland Airport (HGL) is Wangerooge Airport (AGE), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of HGL.
• In addition to being known as "Heligoland Airport", another name for HGL is "Flughafen Helgoland-Düne".
• Because of Heligoland Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Heligoland 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 first military airfield on Düne existed during World War II when Heligoland had been fortified.

Facts about Yakataga Airport (CYT):

• Yakataga Airport (CYT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Yakataga Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Yakataga 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 Yakataga Airport (CYT) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,555 miles (16,987 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Yakataga Airport covers an area of 1,115 acres at an elevation of 12 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Yakataga Airport (CYT) is Icy Bay Airport (ICY), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ESE of CYT.
• Yakataga Airport is a public use airport serving Yakataga in the U.S.