Nonstop flight route between Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Heraklion, Crete, Greece:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lübeck Airport (LBC), Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER), Heraklion, Crete, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,455 miles (or 2,341 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 Lübeck Airport and Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis”, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Lübeck Airport (LBC):

• Infratil, an infrastructure investment company from New Zealand held a 90% shareholding from November 2005 until the end of October 2009 when it sold its shares back to the City of Lübeck.
• Lübeck Airport handled 537,835 passengers last year.
• Lübeck Airport (LBC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Lübeck Airport features one small terminal building containing check-in facilities, a shop as well as some restaurants.
• In addition to being known as "Lübeck Airport", another name for LBC is "Flughafen Lübeck".
• The furthest airport from Lübeck Airport (LBC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,674 miles (18,787 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 23 April 2014 Lübeck Airport filed for bankruptcy.
• The closest airport to Lübeck Airport (LBC) is Hamburg Airport (HAM), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WSW of LBC.
• Lübeck Airport is a minor international airport in Germany located 8 km south of Lübeck, the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, and 54 km northeast of Hamburg.
• It is the secondary airport for the Hamburg Metropolitan Region after the much bigger Hamburg Airport.Wizz Air refers to the airport as "Hamburg Lübeck" despite its actual name while Ryanair calls it "Lübeck".
• After the re-unification of Germany, the airport started to grow heavily.
• A new ILS CAT II system went operational in February 2014 allowing planes to operate at the airport in more difficult weather conditions.
• Because of Lübeck Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Lübeck 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.

Facts about Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER):

• The furthest airport from Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,521 miles (18,541 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• During the summer months the airport can become very congested.
• The airline Bluebird Airways has its head office at the airport.
• Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) is Sitia Airport (JSH), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) E of HER.
• In addition to being known as "Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis”", another name for HER is "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Ηρακλείου “Νίκος Καζαντζάκης”".
• The airport first opened in March 1939.
• Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is Crete’s main and busiest airport, serving Heraklion, Aghios Nikolaos, Malia, Hersonissos, Stalida, Elounda and other resorts.
• Because of Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis”'s relatively low elevation of 115 feet, planes can take off or land at Heraklion International Airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” 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.