Nonstop flight route between Marietta, Georgia, United States and Prague, Czech Republic:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States and Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG), Prague, Czech Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,816 miles (or 7,751 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 Dobbins Air Reserve Base and Prague Vaclav Havel 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 Dobbins Air Reserve Base and Prague Vaclav Havel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGE / KMGE |
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| Location: | Marietta, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°54'55"N by 84°30'59"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from MGE |
| More Information: | MGE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PRG / LKPR |
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| Location: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°6'2"N by 14°15'35"E |
| Area Served: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Operator/Owner: | Letiště Praha |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1247 feet (380 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PRG |
| More Information: | PRG Maps & Info |
Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):
- In 1957, Naval Air Station Atlanta at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport in nereby Chamblee moved to Dobbins AFB.
- The Department of War, in turn, announced that it would not contest the wish of the Department of the Navy to take over Rickenbacker Field, and that it would build its new factory elsewhere.
- In May, the local government issued bonds to purchase 563 acres located 3½ miles southeast of Marietta along the western side of the new four-lane superhighway, U.S.
- The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
- In 1948, part of the land and barracks at the original Naval Air Station Atlanta in nearby Chamblee were given to the state for the purpose of creating an engineering technology school that could rapidly train returning soldiers for civilian work in various technical fields.
- The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
- In addition to taking over Rickenbacker Field, the United States Army Air Forces purchased a parcel of land just north of the airfield for a cantonment area.
Facts about Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG):
- Due to insufficient capacity of the Kbely airport in the middle of the 1930s, the Government decided to develop a new State Civil Airport in Ruzyně.
- In addition to being known as "Prague Vaclav Havel Airport", another name for PRG is "Letiště Václava Havla Praha".
- As the capacity of the airport has been reaching its limit for the last couple of years, further development of the airport is being considered.
- The airport was used in the James Bond film Casino Royale.
- Czech Airlines has its head office, the APC Building, on the grounds of Prague Airport.
- The furthest airport from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,771 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Prague Vaclav Havel Airport handled 10,974,196 passengers last year.
- Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) has 3 runways.
- Prague Airport states that besides increasing the airport capacity, the new runway system will greatly reduce the noise level in some densely inhabited areas of Prague.
- The closest airport to Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of PRG.
