Nonstop flight route between Hays, Kansas, United States and Frankfurt, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hays Regional Airport (HYS), Hays, Kansas, United States and Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,898 miles (or 7,883 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 Hays Regional Airport and Frankfurt 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 Hays Regional Airport and Frankfurt Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HYS / KHYS |
| Airport Name: | Hays Regional Airport |
| Location: | Hays, Kansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°50'31"N by 99°16'23"W |
| Area Served: | Hays, Kansas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Hays |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1999 feet (609 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HYS |
| More Information: | HYS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRA / EDDF |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°1'59"N by 8°34'14"E |
| Area Served: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 364 feet (111 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FRA |
| More Information: | FRA Maps & Info |
Facts about Hays Regional Airport (HYS):
- The furthest airport from Hays Regional Airport (HYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,760 miles (17,316 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Hays Regional Airport (HYS) is Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) SSE of HYS.
- Hays Regional Airport covers an area of 545 acres at an elevation of 1,999 feet above mean sea level.
- Hays Regional Airport (HYS) has 2 runways.
Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):
- Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
- Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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 1962 it was decided to build an even larger terminal with a capacity of 30 million passengers per year.
- The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
- After the beginning of World War II in 1939 all foreign airlines left the airport and control of air traffic was transferred to the Luftwaffe.
- Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.
- Frankfurt Airport has two large main passenger terminals and a much smaller dedicated First Class Terminal which is operated and exclusively used by Lufthansa.
- From 2005 to 2007 a large Airbus A380 maintenance facility was built at Frankfurt Airport because Lufthansa wanted to station their future A380-aircraft-fleet here.
