Nonstop flight route between Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Kiruna, Sweden:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Kiruna Airport (KRN), Kiruna, Sweden would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,302 miles (or 2,096 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 Mainz Finthen Airport and Kiruna Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | QMZ / EDFZ |
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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: | KRN / ESNQ |
| Airport Name: | Kiruna Airport |
| Location: | Kiruna, Sweden |
| GPS Coordinates: | 67°49'19"N by 20°20'12"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Swedavia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1509 feet (460 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KRN |
| More Information: | KRN Maps & Info |
Facts about Mainz Finthen Airport (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.
- Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) has 2 runways.
- 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 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 airport was first opened in 1939 as a Luftwaffe military airfield.
- With the end of the war, Ober Olm Airfield was closed on 20 June 1945.
- The airport was taken over by the French military in July 1945, and engineers moved in to clear the wartime wreckage and rebuild the facility.
- Allied Army units moved into the Mainz area in mid-March 1945 as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany and Ober-Olm airfield was attacked by Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder medium bombers and P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers to deny the retreating German forces use of the facility.
- The airport has numerous World War II relics, the largest being the wartime German hangar.
- In addition to being known as "Mainz Finthen Airport", other names for QMZ include "Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen" and "Advanced Landing Ground Y-64".
Facts about Kiruna Airport (KRN):
- The furthest airport from Kiruna Airport (KRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,668 miles (17,169 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Kiruna Airport (KRN) is Gällivare Airport (GEV), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) SSE of KRN.
- Kiruna Airport (KRN) currently has only 1 runway.
