Nonstop flight route between Prague, Czech Republic and Hamburg, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG), Prague, Czech Republic and Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), Hamburg, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 303 miles (or 488 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 Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG):

• In addition to being known as "Prague Vaclav Havel Airport", another name for PRG is "Letiště Václava Havla Praha".
• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport handled 10,974,196 passengers last year.
• As the capacity of the airport has been reaching its limit for the last couple of years, further development of the airport is being considered.
• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) has 3 runways.
• Due to insufficient capacity of the Kbely airport in the middle of the 1930s, the Government decided to develop a new State Civil Airport in Ruzyně.
• The closest airport to Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of PRG.
• In addition the Civil Aviation Authority also has its head office on the airport property.
• The furthest airport from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,771 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The company operating the airport is Prague Airport, a joint-stock company that has one shareholder, the Ministry of Finance.

Facts about Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW):

• In addition to being known as "Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport", another name for XFW is "Flugplatz Hamburg-Finkenwerder".
• Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Hamburg factory is also home to Airbus’ A380 major component assembly hall, which houses the structural assembly and the fitting-with equipment of the forward and complete rear fuselage sections.
• The closest airport to Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW) is Hamburg Airport (HAM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NE of XFW.
• Beginning in April 2006, the runway was extended from 2,684 m to 3,183 m at the southern end, in order to accommodate the planned freight version of the Airbus 380.
• The furthest airport from Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,707 miles (18,840 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamburg Finkenwerder 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 airport is part of the Airbus facility in Hamburg, where around 15,000 people are employed.