Nonstop flight route between Madison, Indiana, United States and Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Madison Municipal Airport (MDN), Madison, Indiana, United States and Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,283 miles (or 6,894 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 Madison Municipal Airport and Düsseldorf 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 Madison Municipal Airport and Düsseldorf Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Madison Municipal Airport (MDN):

• In addition to being known as "Madison Municipal Airport", another name for MDN is "IMS".
• Because of Madison Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 819 feet, planes can take off or land at Madison Municipal 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 Madison Municipal Airport (MDN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,248 miles (18,101 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Madison Municipal Airport (MDN) is Freeman Municipal Airport (SER), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) WNW of MDN.
• Madison Municipal Airport (MDN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

• The furthest airport from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,899 miles (19,149 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The new Düsseldorf Airport station was opened in May 2000, with the capacity of 300 train departures daily.
• Düsseldorf Airport handled 20,830,000 passengers last year.
• The Düsseldorf Airport fire which has been the worst structural airport fire worldwide yet was caused by welding work on an elevated road in front of Terminal A above its arrivals area and insufficient structural fire protection.
• The closest airport to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WSW of DUS.
• Düsseldorf Airport is able to handle the Airbus A380.
• In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Airport", another name for DUS is "Flughafen Düsseldorf".
• The first aviation event in the area was the landing of Zeppelin LZ3 on 19 September 1909 about 3 kilometres south of the present airport.
• Because of Düsseldorf Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf 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.
• Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has 2 runways.
• In 1986 Terminal C was opened and 8.22 million passengers used the airport – making it number two in Germany.