Nonstop flight route between Portland, Maine, United States and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portland International Jetport (PWM), Portland, Maine, United States and Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,528 miles (or 5,677 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 Portland International Jetport and Frankfurt–Hahn 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 Portland International Jetport and Frankfurt–Hahn Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Portland International Jetport (PWM):

• After Independence Air went bankrupt Portland had no low-cost carrier, causing fares to go up, and passenger numbers to decline.
• In 1982 PWM got its first nonstop beyond New York, when Delta tried a 727 to Cincinnati for a year or so.
• Portland International Jetport (PWM) has 2 runways.
• Boston-Maine Airways had a monopoly on passenger air travel at Portland, which continued after the airline was renamed Northeast Airlines.
• Portland International Jetport is a public airport two miles west of downtown Portland, in Cumberland County, Maine.
• The closest airport to Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NE of PWM.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• 1987 saw the arrival of Continental Airlines, when the airline bought PEOPLExpress and took over their routes.
• Because of Portland International Jetport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland International Jetport 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.

Facts about Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN):

• Hahn charges its airline operators less due to its remote location.
• The furthest airport from Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,978 miles (19,276 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Frankfurt–Hahn Airport is a commercial airport located 10 km from the town of Kirchberg and 20 km from the town of Simmern in the Rhein-Hunsrück district of Rhineland-Palatinate to the west of central Germany.
• In addition to being known as "Frankfurt–Hahn Airport", another name for HHN is "Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn".
• Hahn is served by a number of private coach operators that run regular services to Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Luxembourg and a number of other cities in western Germany and the region.
• The closest airport to Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) is Spangdahlem Air Base (SPM), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) W of HHN.
• Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (HHN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Hahn is fairly well reachable by road, the nearest Autobahn connections are approximately 40 kilometres to the west or east.