Nonstop flight route between West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States and Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brandywine Airport (OQN), West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States and Dortmund Airport (DTM), Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,867 miles (or 6,224 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 Brandywine Airport and Dortmund 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 Brandywine Airport and Dortmund Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brandywine Airport (OQN):

• Maintenance is provided by Penn Avionics and Flight Dynamics.
• Brandywine Airport (OQN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Brandywine Airport (OQN) is Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport (CTH), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) W of OQN.
• Because of Brandywine Airport's relatively low elevation of 466 feet, planes can take off or land at Brandywine 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 Brandywine Airport (OQN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,714 miles (18,852 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Dortmund Airport (DTM):

• Dortmund Airport (DTM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Dortmund Airport", another name for DTM is "Flughafen Dortmund".
• The furthest airport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,872 miles (19,106 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Construction was started in 1998, and completed in 2000 on a new replacement terminal.
• Dortmund Airport is served by an express bus to Dortmund main station, a shuttle bus to the nearby railway station Holzwickede/Dortmund Flughafen, a bus to the city's metro line U47, as well as a bus to the city of Unna.
• The closest airport to Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) WSW of DTM.
• Commercial service was restored in 1979 with daily flights to Munich by Reise- und Industrieflug.
• Because of Dortmund Airport's relatively low elevation of 425 feet, planes can take off or land at Dortmund 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.