Nonstop flight route between Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States and Ramstein, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport (LWV), Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,460 miles (or 7,178 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 Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport and Ramstein Air 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 Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport and Ramstein Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LWV / KLWV |
Airport Name: | Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport |
Location: | Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°45'51"N by 87°36'20"W |
Area Served: | Lawrenceville, Illinois / Vincennes, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Bi-State Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 430 feet (131 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from LWV |
More Information: | LWV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RMS / ETAR |
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Location: | Ramstein, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°26'38"N by 7°36'8"E |
Operator/Owner: | United States |
View all routes: | Routes from RMS |
More Information: | RMS Maps & Info |
Facts about Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport (LWV):
- Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport (LWV) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport (LWV) is O'Neal Airport (OEA), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSE of LWV.
- Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport covers an area of 3,067 acres at an elevation of 430 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport's relatively low elevation of 430 feet, planes can take off or land at Lawrenceville–Vincennes International 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 Lawrenceville–Vincennes International Airport (LWV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,134 miles (17,918 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):
- The host unit is the 86th Airlift Wing, commanded by Brigadier General Patrick X.
- Close to Ramstein was the site of Air Defense Operations Center – Kindsbach, AKA 'Kindsbach Cave' – the site of Europe's underground combat operations center.
- Ramstein's wings are assigned to the headquarters 3rd Air Force also based at Ramstein AB, which controls most of the USAF Wings throughout Europe.
- In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
- In 1940, construction of today's Bundesautobahn 6 was stopped when a bridge that was being built across the Rhine River near Mannheim collapsed, leaving a section of autobahn that could not be used.
- The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.
- Near the Ramstein Air Base is the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, operated by the United States Army.