Nonstop flight route between Leipzig, Germany and Zürich, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Leipzig, Germany and Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 320 miles (or 515 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 Zurich Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LEJ / EDDP | 
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| Location: | Leipzig, Germany | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°25'26"N by 12°14'11"E | 
| Area Served: | Leipzig and Halle | 
| Operator/Owner: | Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding AG | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 470 feet (143 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from LEJ | 
| More Information: | LEJ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH | 
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| Location: | Zürich, Switzerland | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E | 
| Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland | 
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 4 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ZRH | 
| More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info | 
Facts about Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ):
- Leipzig/Halle Airport handled 2,286,151 passengers last year.
 - In addition to being known as "Leipzig/Halle Airport", another name for LEJ is "Flughafen Leipzig/Halle".
 - 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.
 - Despite its name, the airport ground property tax goes to the county of Delitzsch.
 - The closest airport to Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSE of LEJ.
 - 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.
 - Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) has 2 runways.
 
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- Swiss International Air Lines has an office on the property of Zurich Airport and in Kloten, consisting of the Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie buildings.Swiss World Cargo has its head office in the Alpha and Bravo buildings.Swiss Private Aviation has its head office in the Swiss complex.Swiss European Air Lines and Swiss AviationTraining, subsidiaries of Swiss, are also headquartered on the airport property.
 - Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
 - Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
 - The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
 - In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
 - The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - In front of the terminal is a regional bus station and the airport stop of the Stadtbahn Glattal, a light rail system.
 - The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations.
 
