Nonstop flight route between Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Detroit, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP), Detroit, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,341 miles (or 6,986 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 Willow Run Airport (YIP), 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 Willow Run Airport (YIP). 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):

• Due to the rapid increase in traffic Munich is currently slot constrained and a third runway is now being planned.
• Munich Airport, is the international airport of Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria in Germany.
• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• Most of the airport's facilities are located in the area between the two runways.
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• The Munich Airport Centre is a shopping, business and recreation area that connects the two terminals.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• 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.
• Naming the airport by its full name "Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß" is fairly uncommon.
• From 1939 to 1992, Munich was served by Munich-Riem Airport.
• The terminal is operated by Terminal-2-Betriebsgesellschaft, which is owned by Flughafen München GmbH and Lufthansa.

Facts about Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP):

• Today the Yankee Air Museum, in one of the airport hangars, has a large collection of vintage aircraft.
• Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) has 4 runways.
• The RFC sold the airport to the University of Michigan in 1947 for $1.00.
• After their manufacture, the next step in the process was the delivery of the aircraft to the squadrons.
• Willow Run transitioned to production of the B-24H in June 1943.
• The furthest airport from Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,276 miles (18,147 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of YIP.
• Willow Run Airport was named for a small stream that meandered through pastureland and woods until the late-1930s.
• Because of Willow Run Airport (YIP)'s relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at Willow Run Airport (YIP) 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.
• By fall 1944 Willow Run had moved from the B-24L to the B-24M, the last Liberator to be built in significant numbers.
• To meet projected demand for the B-24, in early 1941 the Federal government established the Liberator Production Pool Program.