Nonstop flight route between Muskegon, Michigan, United States and Ramstein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Muskegon County Airport (MKG), Muskegon, Michigan, United States and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,200 miles (or 6,759 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 Muskegon County 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 Muskegon County Airport and Ramstein Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Muskegon County Airport (MKG):

• The furthest airport from Muskegon County Airport (MKG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,124 miles (17,903 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Muskegon County Airport (MKG) has 2 runways.
• Muskegon County Airport covers an area of 1,200 acres at an elevation of 629 feet above mean sea level.
• United Airlines ended flights to Chicago in October 1979.
• The Executive Air Ramp
• Muskegon County Airport is a county owned, public use airport in Muskegon County, Michigan, United States.
• Because of Muskegon County Airport's relatively low elevation of 628 feet, planes can take off or land at Muskegon County 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 closest airport to Muskegon County Airport (MKG) is Park Township Airport (HLM), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) S of MKG.

Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• Besides the U.S. Air Force, the installation's population includes Belgian, British, Canadian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Polish personnel.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
• Construction of the modern USAF base near Kaiserslautern began in April 1948 under the provisions of a Franco-American reciprocal agreement.
• 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.
• Enough construction was completed in mid-1952, that Landstuhl AB was opened on 5 August.
• 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.
• From its inception, Ramstein was designed as a NATO command base.
• The commander of the 435th AGOW is Colonel John S.
• The new 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing stood up on 4 September 2008.