Nonstop flight route between Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia and Celle, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport (KGU), Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia and Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,591 miles (or 10,607 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 Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport and Celle Air Base, 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 Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport and Celle Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KGU / WBKG |
Airport Name: | Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport |
Location: | Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°21'19"N by 116°9'54"E |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 1036 feet (316 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KGU |
More Information: | KGU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZCN / ETHC |
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Location: | Celle, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°35'27"N by 10°1'19"E |
Operator/Owner: | Federal Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 129 feet (39 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZCN |
More Information: | ZCN Maps & Info |
Facts about Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport (KGU):
- The closest airport to Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport (KGU) is Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) N of KGU.
- Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport (KGU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport (KGU) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport (meaning Lapangan Terbang Keningau Keningau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,339 miles (19,858 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.
Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):
- The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
- Due to the tense situation during the building of the Berlin Wall a small unit of the National Guard of the United States was stationed at Celle Air Base in 1961 in case of a second Berlin Airlift.
- Because of Celle Air Base's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Celle Air Base 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.
- Without having suffered any serious damage the air base was surrendered by a German NCO to the British Army on 11 April 1945.
- The furthest airport from Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,761 miles (18,928 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- At the beginning of the airlift a total of 600 tons of freight were transported into the besieged city which increased to 1000 tons of coal and food each day in the spring of 1949.
- The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 prohibited the German Reich to have her own air force.
- One year after the foundation of the Bundeswehr the British forces handed over the airfield to the German Army on 29 November 1957.
- Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".