Nonstop flight route between Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Johnston Atoll Airport (JON), Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,939 miles (or 12,777 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 Munich Airport and Johnston Atoll 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 Munich Airport and Johnston Atoll Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Munich Airport (MUC):

• Naming the airport by its full name "Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß" is fairly uncommon.
• The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Terminal 1 currently handles all flights from airlines that are not members of Star Alliance.
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• The Munich Airport Centre is a shopping, business and recreation area that connects the two terminals.
• The airport is located 28.5 km northeast of Munich near the old city of Freising and is named in memory of the former Bavarian Prime minister Franz Josef Strauss.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• Construction for the satellite building has started in 2012 and will be completed by 2015.

Facts about Johnston Atoll Airport (JON):

• In July 1942 the civilian contractors at the atoll were replaced by 500 men from the 5th and 10th Naval Construction Battalions, who expanded the fuel storage and water production at the base and built additional facilities.
• Johnston Atoll Airport (JON) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Johnston Atoll Airport (JON) is Lubango Mukanka Airport (SDD), which is nearly antipodal to Johnston Atoll Airport (meaning Johnston Atoll Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lubango Mukanka Airport), and is located 12,195 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Lubango, Angola.
• Because of Johnston Atoll Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Johnston Atoll 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 Johnston Atoll Airport (JON) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is located 733 miles (1,179 kilometers) ENE of JON.