Nonstop flight route between Straubing, Bavaria, Germany and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM), Straubing, Bavaria, Germany and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,746 miles (or 9,247 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 Straubing Wallmuehle Airport and McCarran 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 Straubing Wallmuehle Airport and McCarran International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM):

• The airfield became a civilian airport and today is a well-equipped facility supporting general aviation.
• Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Straubing Wallmuehle Airport", other names for RBM include "Advanced Landing Ground R-68" and "Straubing Wallmühle Airport".
• The closest airport to Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM) is Ingolstadt Manching Airport (IGS), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) WSW of RBM.
• The furthest airport from Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,883 miles (19,125 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport was built in 1938 as a Luftwaffe airfield, its primary mission being the training of pilots flying Arado Ar 68 biplane advanced trainer.
• Its single runway was developed from the former military airfield taxiway, the wartime 5,000-foot runway remaining today closed and unused.

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• The largest scheduled airlines at McCarran by passengers carried in the first 11 months of 2009 are Southwest Airlines, US Airways/US Airways Express, United Airlines/United Express, Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection, and American Airlines.
• The US Airways night-flight hub operation, established in 1986 by predecessor America West Airlines, made the carrier McCarran's second busiest airline.
• Terminal 2 opened on December 18, 1991, as The Charter International Terminal and was used for all international as well as most charter flights into Las Vegas.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• The terminal moved from Las Vegas Boulevard South to Paradise Road, opening on March 15, 1963.
• McCarran Airport is reached from Tropicana Avenue to the north or the Las Vegas Beltway to the south.
• On January 4, 2005 the airport started offering wireless internet service at no charge.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.