Nonstop flight route between Malmö, Sweden and Ramstein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Malmö Harbour Heliport (JMM), Malmö, Sweden and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 482 miles (or 776 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 Malmö Harbour Heliport and Ramstein Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Malmö Harbour Heliport (JMM):

• The furthest airport from Malmö Harbour Heliport (JMM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,520 miles (18,540 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Malmö Harbour Heliport (JMM) is Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (CPH), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) W of JMM.
• Because of Malmö Harbour Heliport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Malmö Harbour Heliport 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 Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• The east gate of Ramstein Air Base is about 10 miles from Kaiserslautern.
• The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.
• The host unit is the 86th Airlift Wing, commanded by Brigadier General Patrick X.
• From 2004 to 2006, Ramstein Air Base underwent an extensive expansion with a major construction project – including an all-new airport terminal, among other new facilities, through the so-called Rhein-Main Transition Program which was initiated in support of the total closure of Rhein-Main Air Base on 30 December 2005 and transferring all its former capacities to Ramstein Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base.
• One legacy of the two separate air bases is that the north side of Ramstein retained a separate APO from the south side.
• The new 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing stood up on 4 September 2008.
• The 86th Air Base Group was activated as the main base support unit for Landstuhl, while the 7030th HQ Support Group was the main base support unit for Ramstein.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
• Today, the base is home to the Allied Air Command, which is responsible to Joint Force Command Brunssum which is the only and main NATO command unit on Ramstein AB.