Nonstop flight route between Parakou, Benin and Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from PKO to FMO:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- PKO Airport Information
- FMO Airport Information
- Facts about PKO
- Facts about FMO
- Map of Nearest Airports to PKO
- List of Nearest Airports to PKO
- Map of Furthest Airports from PKO
- List of Furthest Airports from PKO
- Map of Nearest Airports to FMO
- List of Nearest Airports to FMO
- Map of Furthest Airports from FMO
- List of Furthest Airports from FMO
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Parakou Airport (PKO), Parakou, Benin and Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO), Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,970 miles (or 4,779 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 Parakou Airport and Münster Osnabrück 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 Parakou Airport and Münster Osnabrück International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PKO / DBBP |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Parakou, Benin |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'25"N by 2°36'33"E |
Area Served: | Parakou |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1289 feet (393 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PKO |
More Information: | PKO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FMO / EDDG |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°8'9"N by 7°41'8"E |
Area Served: | Münster and Osnabrück |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 157 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FMO |
More Information: | FMO Maps & Info |
Facts about Parakou Airport (PKO):
- The closest airport to Parakou Airport (PKO) is Djougou Airport (DJA), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of PKO.
- In addition to being known as "Parakou Airport", another name for PKO is "Parakou Airport (Parakou)".
- Parakou Airport (PKO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Parakou Airport (PKO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Parakou Airport (meaning Parakou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,197 miles (19,629 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
Facts about Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO):
- The airport intended to extend the runway to 3,600 metres to attract intercontinental flights.
- The closest airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) is Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of FMO.
- Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 24 September 1968 the state of North Rhine-Westphalia received permission to begin construction.
- Because of Münster Osnabrück International Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Münster Osnabrück 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 Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,831 miles (19,040 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Münster Osnabrück International Airport", another name for FMO is "Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück".