Nonstop flight route between Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg and Austin, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Luxembourg Airport (LUX), Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg and Austin Executive Airport (EDC), Austin, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,208 miles (or 8,382 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 Luxembourg Airport and Austin Executive Airport, 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 Luxembourg Airport and Austin Executive Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Luxembourg Airport (LUX):

• United States Army combat engineers arrived at Sandweiler in mid September 1944 and performed some minor reconstruction to prepare the airfield for Ninth Air Force combat aircraft.
• Sandweiler Airport remained unused by the Luftwaffe until September 1944, when a reconnaissance unit, Aufklärungsgruppe 123 was assigned to the airport which flew the Henschel Hs 126, a two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft.
• The closest airport to Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Bitburg Airport (BBJ), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NE of LUX.
• The furthest airport from Luxembourg Airport (LUX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Luxembourg Airport (meaning Luxembourg Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,016 miles (19,338 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Luxembourg Airport", other names for LUX include "Fluchhafe Lëtzebuerg", "Aéroport de Luxembourg" and "Flughafen Luxemburg".
• Luxembourg Airport handled 2,197,331 passengers last year.
• Luxembourg Airport (LUX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Construction of the new Terminal A started in 2005 and it was inaugurated in May 2008.
• Built in 1975, the building was the only terminal of the airport for 30 years, until terminal B opened in 2004.
• Terminal B opened in 2004, the building is unique as it only has gates and no check-in counters or arrivals hall.

Facts about Austin Executive Airport (EDC):

• The closest airport to Austin Executive Airport (EDC) is Austin–Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SSW of EDC.
• The furthest airport from Austin Executive Airport (EDC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,039 miles (17,765 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Austin Executive Airport (EDC) has 2 runways.
• Because of Austin Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 620 feet, planes can take off or land at Austin Executive 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.
• Austin Executive Airport is a public-use airport located 12 nmi northeast of the central business district of Austin, a city in Travis County, Texas, United States.
• For the 12-month period ending June 20, 2008, the airport had 2,700 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 225 per month.
• Austin Executive Airport opened in 2011 with funding from Ron Henriksen, who also operates Houston Executive Airport.