Nonstop flight route between Igiugig, Alaska, United States and Berlin, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Igiugig Airport (IGG), Igiugig, Alaska, United States and Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,689 miles (or 7,547 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 Igiugig Airport and Berlin Tempelhof 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 Igiugig Airport and Berlin Tempelhof Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | IGG / PAIG |
| Airport Name: | Igiugig Airport |
| Location: | Igiugig, Alaska, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 59°19'27"N by 155°54'6"W |
| Area Served: | Igiugig, Alaska |
| Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 90 feet (27 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from IGG |
| More Information: | IGG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | THF / EDDI |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°28'24"N by 13°24'6"E |
| Area Served: | Berlin |
| Operator/Owner: | Institute for Federal Real Estate and the Federal State of Berlin |
| Airport Type: | Defunct |
| Elevation: | 164 feet (50 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from THF |
| More Information: | THF Maps & Info |
Facts about Igiugig Airport (IGG):
- Igiugig Airport (IGG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Igiugig Airport (IGG) is Big Mountain Air Force Station (BMX), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) E of IGG.
- The furthest airport from Igiugig Airport (IGG) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,686 miles (17,197 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
- Because of Igiugig Airport's relatively low elevation of 90 feet, planes can take off or land at Igiugig 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.
Facts about Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF):
- The furthest airport from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,687 miles (18,808 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) has 2 runways.
- As part of Albert Speer's plan for the reconstruction of Berlin during the Nazi era, Prof.
- Because of Berlin Tempelhof Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tempelhof 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.
- AOA had the distinction of being the only commercial operator at Tempelhof to maintain its full flying programme for the entire duration of the Berlin Blockade.
- The closest airport to Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NW of THF.
- Fearing Allied bombing of airports, all German civil aviation was halted on 2 September 1939, but gradually restarted from 1 November.
- Zentralflughafen Tempelhof-Berlin had the advantage of a central location just minutes from the Berlin city centre and quickly became one of the world's busiest airports.
- In addition to being known as "Berlin Tempelhof Airport", another name for THF is "Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof".
- Tempelhof was one of Europe's three iconic pre-World War II airports, the others being London's now defunct Croydon Airport and the old Paris – Le Bourget Airport.
- As the Cold War intensified in the late 1950s and 1960s, access problems to West Berlin, both by land and air, continued to cause tension.
- The site of the airport was originally Knights Templar land in medieval Berlin, and from this beginning came the name Tempelhof.
