Nonstop flight route between Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands and Liuzhou, Guangxi, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands and Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH), Liuzhou, Guangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,490 miles (or 8,835 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 Maastricht Aachen Airport and Liuzhou Bailian Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MST / EHBK |
Airport Name: | Maastricht Aachen Airport |
Location: | Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°54'56"N by 5°46'36"E |
Area Served: | Maastricht, Netherlands Aachen, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Maastricht Aachen Airport BV |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 375 feet (114 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MST |
More Information: | MST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LZH / ZGZH |
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Location: | Liuzhou, Guangxi, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°12'26"N by 109°23'27"E |
Area Served: | Liuzhou, Guangxi, China |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 295 feet (90 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LZH |
More Information: | LZH Maps & Info |
Facts about Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST):
- Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- On 14 May 1985, Pope John Paul II held an open air mass for 50,000 people at the airport, as part of his visit to the Netherlands.
- Maastricht Aachen Airport handled 36,300 passengers last year.
- 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.
- After the allied invasion of Normandy, the USAAF Ninth Air Force, specifically the IX Engineer Command, was tasked with constructing temporary airfields close to the advancing front.
- As Nazi Germany was rapidly collapsing, the front was already well into Germany by the time the field was ready, and no direct combat sorties were operated from Y-44.
- The first unit to be based at the field was the 31st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, flying the F-6, a reconnaissance version of the P-51 Mustang.
- In March 2011, the airport was certified to handle the upcoming Boeing 747-8, as two of the airports major airlines Cargolux and AirBridge Cargo have placed orders for this aircraft.
- In 1946, the service was taken over by KLM, using DC-3 Dakotas.
- 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.
- Authority over what was to become known as Beek airfield, was officially transferred to the Dutch government on 1 August 1945.
Facts about Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH):
- Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH) is Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) NNE of LZH.
- In addition to being known as "Liuzhou Bailian Airport", other names for LZH include "柳州白莲机场" and "Liǔzhōu Báilián Jīchǎng".
- Because of Liuzhou Bailian Airport's relatively low elevation of 295 feet, planes can take off or land at Liuzhou Bailian 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 Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH) is Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF), which is nearly antipodal to Liuzhou Bailian Airport (meaning Liuzhou Bailian Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport)), and is located 12,383 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Antofagasta, Chile.