Nonstop flight route between Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia and Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mullewa Airport (MXU), Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia and Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ), Fritzlar, Hessen, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,408 miles (or 13,531 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 Mullewa Airport and Fritzlar 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 Mullewa Airport and Fritzlar 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 Mullewa Airport (MXU):

• The closest airport to Mullewa Airport (MXU) is Geraldton Airport (GET), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) WSW of MXU.
• Because of Mullewa Airport's relatively low elevation of 950 feet, planes can take off or land at Mullewa 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 Mullewa Airport (MXU) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Mullewa Airport (meaning Mullewa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,168 miles (19,582 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.

Facts about Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ):

• In addition to being known as "Fritzlar Air Base", another name for FRZ is "Heeresflugplatz FritzlarAdvanced Landing Ground Y-86".
• Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,865 miles (19,096 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• After V-E Day, both groups became part of the IX Air Defense Command.
• Because of Fritzlar Air Base's relatively low elevation of 566 feet, planes can take off or land at Fritzlar Air Base 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 Fritzlar Air Base (FRZ) is Kassel Calden Airport (KSF), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNE of FRZ.
• In March 1945 a training squadron of Nachtjagdgeschwader 101 was based in Fritzlar.