Nonstop flight route between Ramstein, Germany and Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany and Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM), Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,043 miles (or 8,116 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 Ramstein Air Base and Ardmore Municipal 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 Ramstein Air Base and Ardmore Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
• The commander of the 435th AGOW is Colonel John S.
• The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Besides the U.S. Air Force, the installation's population includes Belgian, British, Canadian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Polish personnel.
• The 86th Air Base Group was activated as the main base support unit for Landstuhl, while the 7030th HQ Support Group was the main base support unit for Ramstein.
• Ramstein Air Base also served as temporary housing for the United States men's national soccer team during the 2006 World Cup.
• The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.

Facts about Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM):

• The airport is on the site of Ardmore Army Air Field, later Ardmore Air Force Base.
• The furthest airport from Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,871 miles (17,495 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM) is Ardmore Downtown Executive Airport (AHD), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SSW of ADM.
• In addition to being known as "Ardmore Municipal Airport", another name for ADM is "Ardmore Industrial Airpark".
• Ardmore Municipal Airport covers 2,503 acres at an elevation of 777 feet.
• Because of Ardmore Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 777 feet, planes can take off or land at Ardmore Municipal 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.
• On April 22, 1966 American Flyers Flight 280 on approach to Ardmore crashed into a hill.
• The airport has an FAA staffed control tower, full instrumentation, parking for up to 100 commercial sized aircraft and over 36,000 sq ft.
• Ardmore Municipal Airport (ADM) has 2 runways.