Nonstop flight route between Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands and Haifa, Israel:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands and Haifa Airport (HFA), Haifa, Israel would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,935 miles (or 3,115 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 Maastricht Aachen Airport and Haifa Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST):

• In 1946, the service was taken over by KLM, using DC-3 Dakotas.
• Maastricht Aachen Airport handled 36,300 passengers last year.
• Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) currently has only 1 runway.
• Around 1980 the airport changed its name to "Maastricht Airport".
• The closest airport to Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) is NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen E–3A Component (GKE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ENE of MST.
• The furthest airport from Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,935 miles (19,207 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Maastricht Aachen Airport's relatively low elevation of 375 feet, planes can take off or land at Maastricht Aachen 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 runway was 5,565 feet and reinforced with pierced steel planks.
• In July 2004, a 100% share in the airport was acquired by OmDV, a consortium of airport investment company Omniport and the construction company Dura Vermeer, making it the first fully privatised airport in the Netherlands.

Facts about Haifa Airport (HFA):

• The Israel Airports Authority intends to extend the runway to 1,634m by the middle of the 2010s decade.
• The airport reopened for passenger traffic in 1948 with flights operated by Cyprus Airways.
• The closest airport to Haifa Airport (HFA) is Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of HFA.
• Haifa Airport (HFA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Haifa Airport", another name for HFA is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה חֵיפָה".
• Because of Haifa Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Haifa 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 Haifa Airport (HFA) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,620 miles (18,700 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.