Nonstop flight route between Pokhara, Nepal and Berlin, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pokhara Airport (PKR), Pokhara, Nepal and Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,897 miles (or 6,272 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 Pokhara Airport and Berlin Tempelhof 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 Pokhara Airport and Berlin Tempelhof Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pokhara Airport (PKR):

• Pokhara Airport (PKR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Pokhara Airport (PKR) is Chaurjhari Airport (HRJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) SSW of PKR.
• The furthest airport from Pokhara Airport (PKR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,614 miles (18,691 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.

Facts about Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF):

• With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, the presence of American forces in Berlin ended.
• The furthest airport from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,687 miles (18,808 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The grass runways usual in Germany until then could not cope with the massive demand, and a subsequently built runway containing perforated steel matting began to crumble under the weight of the USAF's C-54 Skymasters.
• Fearing Allied bombing of airports, all German civil aviation was halted on 2 September 1939, but gradually restarted from 1 November.
• The new air terminal was designed as headquarters for Deutsche Luft Hansa, the German national airline at that time.
• As the Cold War intensified in the late 1950s and 1960s, access problems to West Berlin, both by land and air, continued to cause tension.
• Other possible uses for Tempelhof are being discussed, and many people are trying to keep the airport buildings preserved.
• Because of Berlin Tempelhof Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tempelhof 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.
• Tempelhof Airport closed all operations on 30 October 2008, despite the efforts of some protesters to prevent the closure.
• Operation Vittles, as the airlift was unofficially named, began on 26 June when USAF Douglas C-47 Skytrains carried 80 tons of food into Tempelhof, far less than the estimated 4,500 tons of food, coal and other essential supplies needed daily to maintain a minimum level of existence.
• The closest airport to Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NW of THF.
• In addition to being known as "Berlin Tempelhof Airport", another name for THF is "Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof".
• During the early-to-mid-1950s, BEA leased in aircraft that were bigger than its Tempelhof-based fleet of DC-3/Pionair, Viking and Elizabethan piston-engined airliners from other operators to boost capacity, following a steady increase in the airline's passenger loads.
• Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) has 2 runways.