Nonstop flight route between Paragould, Arkansas, United States and Frankfurt, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kirk Field (PGR), Paragould, Arkansas, United States and Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,721 miles (or 7,598 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 Kirk Field and Frankfurt 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 Kirk Field and Frankfurt Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kirk Field (PGR):

• The closest airport to Kirk Field (PGR) is Jonesboro Municipal Airport (JBR), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) SSW of PGR.
• This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
• The furthest airport from Kirk Field (PGR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,984 miles (17,677 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Kirk Field's relatively low elevation of 290 feet, planes can take off or land at Kirk Field 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.
• Kirk Field (PGR) has 2 runways.

Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):

• Frankfurt Airport is by far the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany, the third busiest in Europe after London Heathrow Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and the 10th busiest worldwide in 2013.
• Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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.
• In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
• Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
• Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
• Plans to build a fourth runway at Frankfurt Airport had been under-way since 1997 but due to the violent conflicts with the building of the third runway, Fraport let residents groups and environmentalists participate in the process to find an agreeable solution.
• The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 1951 restrictions for German air travellers were lifted and civil air traffic started to grow again.
• The closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.
• Terminal 1 is primarily used by Lufthansa, its associated companies and its Star Alliance partners.