Nonstop flight route between Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Key West, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Key West International Airport (EYW), Key West, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,932 miles (or 7,938 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 Mainz Finthen Airport and Key West 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 Mainz Finthen Airport and Key West 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: | QMZ / EDFZ |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°58'8"N by 8°8'47"E |
Area Served: | Mainz, Germany |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 525 feet (160 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from QMZ |
More Information: | QMZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EYW / KEYW |
Airport Name: | Key West International Airport |
Location: | Key West, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°33'21"N by 81°45'33"W |
Area Served: | Key West, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | Monroe County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3 feet (1 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EYW |
More Information: | EYW Maps & Info |
Facts about Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ):
- In addition to being known as "Mainz Finthen Airport", other names for QMZ include "Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen" and "Advanced Landing Ground Y-64".
- After the combat in France ended, Ober-Olm became a "Defense of the Reich" airfield, with numerous night fighter units moving in and out until the spring of 1945.
- With the end of the Cold War and the subsequent reorganization of U.S.
- Mainz Finthen Airport.
- In addition to the airfield operations, Mainz Finthen offers instructional training for helicopters, ultralight aircraft and gyrocopters.
- Originally named Fliegerhorst Ober-Olm, the airfield was built as a Luftwaffe military airfield, which opened in 1939.
- Because of Mainz Finthen Airport's relatively low elevation of 525 feet, planes can take off or land at Mainz Finthen 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 has a commercial café and snack bar.
- The closest airport to Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of QMZ.
- The furthest airport from Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,959 miles (19,246 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airfield was taken by elements of the XII Corps, 90th Division, of the Third United States Army under the command of General George S.
- Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) has 2 runways.
- The airport has numerous World War II relics, the largest being the wartime German hangar.
Facts about Key West International Airport (EYW):
- Key West International Airport is a county owned public use airport located 2 nautical miles east of Key West, in Monroe County, Florida, United States.
- Key West International Airport (EYW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Key West International Airport (EYW) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,577 miles (18,632 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to Key West International Airport (EYW) is NAS Key West (NQX), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) ENE of EYW.
- Key West International Airport covers an area of 334 acres at an elevation of 3 feet above mean sea level.
- Traffic had decreased since the banner year of 2005 with 618,174 passengers, with 563,947 in 2006, 538,066 in 2007 and 453,006 in 2008.
- Because of Key West International Airport's relatively low elevation of 3 feet, planes can take off or land at Key West 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.