Nonstop flight route between Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Zweibrücken, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rochester Airport (RCS), Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom and Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW), Zweibrücken, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 338 miles (or 545 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 Rochester Airport and Zweibrücken Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RCS / EGTO |
Airport Name: | Rochester Airport |
Location: | Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°21'6"N by 0°30'10"E |
Operator/Owner: | Rochester Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 426 feet (130 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from RCS |
More Information: | RCS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZQW / EDRZ |
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Location: | Zweibrücken, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°12'33"N by 7°24'2"E |
Area Served: | Zweibrücken, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1133 feet (345 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZQW |
More Information: | ZQW Maps & Info |
Facts about Rochester Airport (RCS):
- The furthest airport from Rochester Airport (RCS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,897 miles (19,146 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Rochester Airport (RCS) has 3 runways.
- On 13 January 2009 a fresh lease, with conditions, was granted to Rochester Airport Operating company.
- Rochester Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
- Because of Rochester Airport's relatively low elevation of 426 feet, planes can take off or land at Rochester 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 inaugural flight into Rochester was from Gravesend, with John Parker flying their Short Scion, G-ACJI, powered by a Pobjoy engine.
- The closest airport to Rochester Airport (RCS) is London Southend Airport (SEN), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) NNE of RCS.
- Short Brothers continued to build seaplanes on the Esplanade at Rochester supplying the growing market for flying boats.
- Local ward councillors are very enthusiastic about the proposals and once they are implemented should see the Airport being available for use for a greater part of the year due to an all weather surface being planned for the 02/20 runway.
Facts about Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW):
- Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 2010 264,247 passengers used the airport, while 242,880 passengers used it in 2012.
- In addition to being known as "Zweibrücken Airport", another name for ZQW is "Flughafen Zweibrücken".
- Zweibrücken Airport is located on the site of the former Zweibrücken Air Base which was shut down in 1991.
- The furthest airport from Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zweibrücken Airport (meaning Zweibrücken Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Zweibrücken Airport handled 220,740 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) is Saarbrücken Airport (SCN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) W of ZQW.
- The local bus route 226 connects the airport with Zweibrücken city centre including Zweibrücken station.