Nonstop flight route between Linden, New Jersey, United States and Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Linden Airport (LDJ), Linden, New Jersey, United States and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,031 miles (or 6,487 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 Linden 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 Linden 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: | LDJ / KLDJ |
Airport Name: | Linden Airport |
Location: | Linden, New Jersey, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°37'2"N by 74°14'39"W |
Area Served: | Linden, New Jersey |
Operator/Owner: | City of Linden |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LDJ |
More Information: | LDJ 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 Linden Airport (LDJ):
- During World War II General Motors automobile factory across the street from the airport called Linden Assembly, produced military aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Linden Airport (LDJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,747 miles (18,904 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Linden Airport covers an area of 188 acres at an elevation of 22 feet above mean sea level.
- Construction of Linden Airport was started in the spring of 1942 and completed by October 1942.
- Linden Airport (LDJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Linden Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Linden 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 closest airport to Linden Airport (LDJ) is Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) NE of LDJ.
Facts about Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL):
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base", another name for FEL is "Flugplatz FürstenfeldbruckAdvanced Landing Ground R-72".
- The Replacement Depot functioned until August 1948, when USAFE decided to use Fürstenfeldbruck as an operational jet base.
- The closest airport to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Augsburg Airport (AGB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NW of FEL.
- The 36th FBW remained at Fürstenfeldbruck until 1952 when it was reassigned to Bitburg Air Base, west of the Rhine.
- Fifty direct hits were made on the field the afternoon of 9 April 1945 when 338 B-17s of the 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force, unleashed 867 tons of bombs on the runways, hangars, repair shops, and other facilities.
- Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.