Nonstop flight route between Liège, Wallonia, Belgium and East Hartford, Connecticut, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Liège Airport (LGG), Liège, Wallonia, Belgium and Rentschler Heliport (EHT), East Hartford, Connecticut, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,608 miles (or 5,806 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 Liège Airport and Rentschler Heliport, 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 Liège Airport and Rentschler Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Liège Airport (LGG):

• The airport is located in Grâce-Hollogne, Liège Province, north-west of the city of Liège, in the east of Belgium.
• Liège Airport handled 309,206 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Liège Airport (LGG) is Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) NE of LGG.
• Liège Airport (LGG) has 2 runways.
• The airport is located next to the E42, close to an important highway junction.
• Because of Liège Airport's relatively low elevation of 659 feet, planes can take off or land at Liège 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 Liège Airport (LGG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,957 miles (19,242 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Rentschler Heliport (EHT):

• The closest airport to Rentschler Heliport (EHT) is Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) SW of EHT.
• As of 2006, the only remaining aviation use on the site was the Rentschler Heliport, a private facility operated by Pratt & Whitney.
• In addition to being known as "Rentschler Heliport", another name for EHT is "CT88".
• The furthest airport from Rentschler Heliport (EHT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,752 miles (18,913 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Rentschler Heliport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Rentschler Heliport 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.
• From 1933 to about 1997, Rentschler Field was an airfield used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as a fighter base.