Nonstop flight route between Zaporizhia, Ukraine and Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH), Zaporizhia, Ukraine and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,107 miles (or 1,781 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 relatively short distance between Zaporizhzhya International Airport and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH):

• Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Zaporizhzhya International Airport's relatively low elevation of 373 feet, planes can take off or land at Zaporizhzhya 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.
• Zaporizhzhya International Airport handled 33,386 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Zaporizhzhya International Airport", other names for OZH include "Міжнародний аеропорт "Запоріжжя"" and "Международный аэропорт "Запорожье"".
• The closest airport to Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) is Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) NNW of OZH.
• The furthest airport from Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,893 miles (17,531 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL):

• The furthest airport from Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base", another name for FEL is "Flugplatz FürstenfeldbruckAdvanced Landing Ground R-72".
• Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Fifty direct hits were made on the field the afternoon of 9 April 1945 when 338 B-17s of the 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force, unleashed 867 tons of bombs on the runways, hangars, repair shops, and other facilities.
• When the Allied Forces moved in to take possession of the field in late April, they found that Prisoners of War and townspeople had looted until they left a deserted installation.
• The RAF and USAAF understood that Fürstenfeldbruck was being used extensively as a training base, and believed it to be of little strategic importance.
• Markings of the squadrons consisted of a color band under the fin, and a long lightning flash with an arrowhead tip on its forward end, extending back from the nose to the center of the fuselage.
• The 36th FBW remained at Fürstenfeldbruck until 1952 when it was reassigned to Bitburg Air Base, west of the Rhine.
• The closest airport to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Augsburg Airport (AGB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NW of FEL.
• In May 1949, HQ USAFE authorized the 36th Fighter Group to form the "Skyblazers" aerial demo team to perform at European and Mediterranean area air shows.