Nonstop flight route between Leeuwarden, Netherlands and Chambéry, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR), Leeuwarden, Netherlands and Chambéry Airport (CMF), Chambéry, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 524 miles (or 844 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 Leeuwarden Air Base and Chambéry Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR):

• In addition to being known as "Leeuwarden Air Base", another name for LWR is "Vliegbasis Leeuwarden".
• In 2016 a squadron of MQ-9 Reapers will be based at Leeuwarden Air Base to be fully operational as of 2017.
• The closest airport to Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR) is Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) ESE of LWR.
• Because of Leeuwarden Air Base's relatively low elevation of 3 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeuwarden Air Base 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.
• After the liberation of the Netherlands, the airbase was repaired.
• Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,778 miles (18,955 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Chambéry Airport (CMF):

• The closest airport to Chambéry Airport (CMF) is Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SW of CMF.
• In addition to being known as "Chambéry Airport", another name for CMF is "Aéroport de Chambéry – Savoie".
• Chambéry Airport (CMF) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Chambéry Airport (CMF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Chambéry Airport (meaning Chambéry Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,266 miles (19,740 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Chambéry Airport handled 233,749 passengers last year.
• Because of Chambéry Airport's relatively low elevation of 768 feet, planes can take off or land at Chambéry 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.