Nonstop flight route between Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Chaoyang, Liaoning, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kiel Holtenau Airport (KEL), Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Chaoyang Airport (CHG), Chaoyang, Liaoning, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,642 miles (or 7,470 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 Kiel Holtenau Airport and Chaoyang 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 Kiel Holtenau Airport and Chaoyang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KEL / EDHK |
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Location: | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°22'45"N by 10°8'43"E |
Area Served: | Kiel, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | State of Schleswig-Holstein (55%) City of Kiel (45%) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 101 feet (31 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KEL |
More Information: | KEL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CHG / ZYCY |
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Location: | Chaoyang, Liaoning, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°32'17"N by 120°26'6"E |
Operator/Owner: | Liaoning Airport Management Group Co. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 568 feet (173 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CHG |
More Information: | CHG Maps & Info |
Facts about Kiel Holtenau Airport (KEL):
- The aerodrome has been in military use from the beginning.
- Kiel Holtenau Airport (KEL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Cirrus Airlines operated scheduled flights to Munich from 2 May 2006 using a single DHC-8-100 aircraft, which was based in Kiel Airport.
- Further, German Air Force aircraft operating as fake targets for practice depart from Kiel Airport.
- The closest airport to Kiel Holtenau Airport (KEL) is Sønderborg Airport (SGD), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NNW of KEL.
- However, use of the airport declined in the following years as more and more scheduled flight routes were discontinued.
- In addition to being known as "Kiel Holtenau Airport", another name for KEL is "Flughafen Kiel-Holtenau".
- The aerodrome was built in 1914 on a plain area that had been created from material dug out during the construction of the Kiel Canal.
- Because of Kiel Holtenau Airport's relatively low elevation of 101 feet, planes can take off or land at Kiel Holtenau 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 Kiel Holtenau Airport (KEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,649 miles (18,747 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Chaoyang Airport (CHG):
- In addition to being known as "Chaoyang Airport", other names for CHG include "朝阳机场" and "Chāoyáng Jīchǎng".
- Because of Chaoyang Airport's relatively low elevation of 568 feet, planes can take off or land at Chaoyang 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.
- Chaoyang Airport (CHG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Chaoyang Airport (CHG) is Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SE of CHG.
- The furthest airport from Chaoyang Airport (CHG) is Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), which is nearly antipodal to Chaoyang Airport (meaning Chaoyang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Viedma, Argentina.