Nonstop flight route between Düne, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Mangalore, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Heligoland Airport (HGL), Düne, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Mangalore Airport (IXE), Mangalore, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,568 miles (or 7,351 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 Mangalore 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 Mangalore 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):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Heligoland Airport", another name for HGL is "Flughafen Helgoland-Düne".
• The closest airport to Heligoland Airport (HGL) is Wangerooge Airport (AGE), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) S of HGL.
• 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.

Facts about Mangalore Airport (IXE):

• As of October 2012, it has facilities for handling 400 passengers in the domestic arrival hall and 150 international passengers in the international hall.
• Because of Mangalore Airport's relatively low elevation of 337 feet, planes can take off or land at Mangalore 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 new airport project was taken up to be developed in an area of about 2.36 square kilometres of land.
• On 5 September 2013 the Airports Authority of India commissioned a DGCA approved advanced automated air traffic management system replacing the older system.
• Mangalore Airport (IXE) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Mangalore Airport (IXE) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,417 miles (18,373 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• On 18 March 2013 the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh inaugurating air cargo complex and the common user terminal equipment system at Mangalore Airport.
• Airport has seen double digit growth in passenger traffic after introducing international flights.
• The closest airport to Mangalore Airport (IXE) is Mysore Airport (MYQ), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) ESE of IXE.
• Provision of runway end safety area, ensuring proper markings on the runway and proper maintenance of the basic strip were implemented in after the directorate General of Civil Aviation identified this as one of the 11 airports in India as unsafe.