Nonstop flight route between Lamar, Colorado, United States and Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA), Lamar, Colorado, United States and Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ), Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,033 miles (or 8,099 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 Lamar Municipal Airport and Fritzlar 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 Lamar Municipal Airport and Fritzlar Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA):

• Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) is Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB), which is located 99 miles (160 kilometers) W of LAA.
• The airport covers 557 acres at an elevation of 3,706 feet.
• The furthest airport from Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,574 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ):

• During the Berlin Blockade in 1948/49, Fritzlar Air Base served as radio beacon and emergency airfield on route back to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden.
• The closest airport to Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Kassel Calden Airport (KSF), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNE of FRZ.
• Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Fritzlar Air Base's relatively low elevation of 566 feet, planes can take off or land at Fritzlar 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.
• The furthest airport from Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,865 miles (19,096 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Fritzlar Air Base", another name for FRZ is "Heeresflugplatz FritzlarAdvanced Landing Ground Y-86".
• Construction of the airfield began in September 1935, although the Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany to have an air force.
• On 12/13 April 1945 parts of the 404th Fighter Group and 365th Fighter Group Hellcats moved to Fritzlar and supported ground troops with their P-47 Thunderbolts, until they reached the Elbe river.