Nonstop flight route between Lansing, Michigan, United States and Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Capital Region International Airport (LAN), Lansing, Michigan, United States and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,342 miles (or 6,987 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 Capital Region International Airport and Fürstenfeldbruck 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 Capital Region International Airport and Fürstenfeldbruck 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: | LAN / KLAN |
Airport Name: | Capital Region International Airport |
Location: | Lansing, Michigan, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°46'43"N by 84°35'10"W |
Area Served: | Lansing, Michigan |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 861 feet (262 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from LAN |
More Information: | LAN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FEL / ETSF |
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Location: | Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°12'24"N by 11°15'59"E |
Operator/Owner: | Unified Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 1703 feet (519 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FEL |
More Information: | FEL Maps & Info |
Facts about Capital Region International Airport (LAN):
- The closest airport to Capital Region International Airport (LAN) is Jackson County Airport (JXN), which is located 36 miles (59 kilometers) S of LAN.
- In 1940 the original terminal building, a 100-by-100-foot concrete hangar and an adjoining office wing at the west end of the airport were built.
- Capital Region International Airport (LAN) has 3 runways.
- Because of Capital Region International Airport's relatively low elevation of 861 feet, planes can take off or land at Capital Region International 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.
- In May 2013 Apple Vacations announced that Frontier Airlines will operate their seasonal international flights from Lansing, replacing Sun Country Airlines.
- Several low cost carriers had flights at Lansing with varying success.
- The furthest airport from Capital Region International Airport (LAN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,212 miles (18,044 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL):
- In addition, each squadron had a T-33A trainer assigned to it.
- Fürstenfeldbruck became famous first as the main training base for the German Luftwaffe during World War II, then as the site of the Munich massacre of nine Israeli athletes and coaches and one German police officer at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
- Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- When the Allied Forces moved in to take possession of the field in late April, they found that Prisoners of War and townspeople had looted until they left a deserted installation.
- Markings of the squadrons consisted of a color band under the fin, and a long lightning flash with an arrowhead tip on its forward end, extending back from the nose to the center of the fuselage.
- In addition to being known as "Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base", another name for FEL is "Flugplatz FürstenfeldbruckAdvanced Landing Ground R-72".
- The closest airport to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Augsburg Airport (AGB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NW of FEL.