Nonstop flight route between Leipzig, Germany and Donetsk, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Leipzig, Germany and Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK), Donetsk, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,155 miles (or 1,859 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 Leipzig/Halle Airport and Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ):

• The closest airport to Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of LEJ.
• Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 2,286,151 passengers last year.
• Because of Leipzig/Halle Airport's relatively low elevation of 470 feet, planes can take off or land at Leipzig/Halle 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 furthest airport from Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,774 miles (18,948 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Leipzig/Halle Airport", another name for LEJ is "Flughafen Leipzig/Halle".
• Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) has 2 runways.
• Berlin Linien Bus provides intercity bus services to Leipzig/Halle Airport as a part of its Eisenach-Berlin route.
• DHL Aviation moved its European hub from Brussels Airport to Leipzig/Halle in early 2008 and thereby increased cargo traffic.
• Furthermore some US airlines fly to Leipzig/Halle on behalf of the US Department of Defense that engaged them to bring US Army troops to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Facts about Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK):

• On 26 May 2014, Pro-Russian rebels stormed and took control of the airport soon after the new president Petro Poroshenko won the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election.
• In addition to being known as "Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport", another name for DOK is "Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк"".
• In accordance with the program of Donetsk for Euro 2012 in 2011, the Ukrainian construction company "Altcom" constructed a new airport terminal, which had been developed by experts from Croatia.
• Because of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport's relatively low elevation of 781 feet, planes can take off or land at Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev 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.
• The furthest airport from Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,782 miles (17,352 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK) is Mariupol International Airport (MPW), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) S of DOK.
• In the 1990s, Donetsk Airport experienced a number of criminal incidents.