Nonstop flight route between Nuremberg, Germany and Christmas Island, Kiribati:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nuremberg Airport (NUE), Nuremberg, Germany and Cassidy International Airport (CXI), Christmas Island, Kiribati would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,813 miles (or 14,183 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 Nuremberg Airport and Cassidy International 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 Nuremberg Airport and Cassidy International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nuremberg Airport (NUE):

• In addition to being known as "Nuremberg Airport", another name for NUE is "Flughafen Nürnberg".
• In 1997/98, the winter hub of Air Berlin was established at Nuremberg Airport making it the second most important touristic interchange airport of the airline, next to Palma de Mallorca.
• The furthest airport from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,906 miles (19,161 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Nuremberg Airport is the international airport of the Franconian metropolitan area of Nuremberg and the second-busiest airport in Bavaria.
• Due to the positive trend, Cargo Center II was built in 2003.
• The airport is ranked 10th among German airports with about four million passengers and more than 100.000 tons of cargo handled per year.
• The runway 10/28 is 2,700 by 45 m.
• The closest airport to Nuremberg Airport (NUE) is Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NE of NUE.
• The U-Bahn line U2 connects the airport with the centre of the city every 10 to 15 minutes.
• Nuremberg Airport (NUE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The apron is 246,845 m2 in space and provides parking positions for 37 planes.

Facts about Cassidy International Airport (CXI):

• The closest airport to Cassidy International Airport (CXI) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is located 891 miles (1,433 kilometers) SSW of CXI.
• During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command used the airport as a refuelling stop on its Pacific transport route from Hawaii to Kanton Island for flights to Australia and New Zealand as well as a staging point for attacks on the Gilbert Islands, then occupied by Japan.
• The airport is served by Fiji Airways from Nadi, Fiji and Honolulu, United States.
• Cassidy International Airport (CXI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cassidy International Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Cassidy International 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 Cassidy International Airport (CXI) is Ikela Airport (IKL), which is nearly antipodal to Cassidy International Airport (meaning Cassidy International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ikela Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Ikela, Democratic Republic of the Congo.