Nonstop flight route between Leipzig, Germany and Marietta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Leipzig, Germany and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,695 miles (or 7,556 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 Leipzig/Halle Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve 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 Leipzig/Halle Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ):

• On 18 March 1986 a Concorde operated by Air France landed at Leipzig/Halle Airport for the first time due to the internationally known Leipzig trade fair.
• 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 closest airport to Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of LEJ.
• In addition to being known as "Leipzig/Halle Airport", another name for LEJ is "Flughafen Leipzig/Halle".
• Leipzig/Halle Airport is an international airport located in Schkeuditz, Saxony and serves both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
• 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.
• Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) has 2 runways.
• Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 2,286,151 passengers last year.
• Leipzig/Halle Airport railway station is located directly beneath the passenger terminal and has national connections to cities like Magdeburg, Hanover, Cologne and Dresden.
• 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.

Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):

• In September 2005, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew out of Dobbins JARB after Hurricane Katrina did major damage to their normal home at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.
• By January 1945, Bell Aircraft had completed 357 B-29A's.
• In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
• The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In May, the local government issued bonds to purchase 563 acres located 3½ miles southeast of Marietta along the western side of the new four-lane superhighway, U.S.
• The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.