Nonstop flight route between Ramstein, Germany and Milan, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany and Milan Linate Airport (LIN), Milan, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 287 miles (or 462 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 Ramstein Air Base and Milan Linate Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• 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.
• With the creation of NATO in response to Cold War tensions in Europe in 1949, USAFE wanted its vulnerable fighter units in what was then West Germany moved west of the Rhine River to provide greater air defense warning time.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
• Ramstein AB is part of the Kaiserslautern Military Community , where more than 54,000 American service members and more than 5,400 US civilian employees live and work.
• On 1 June 1953 Ramstein Air Station was opened.
• Construction of the modern USAF base near Kaiserslautern began in April 1948 under the provisions of a Franco-American reciprocal agreement.
• 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.
• From its inception, Ramstein was designed as a NATO command base.

Facts about Milan Linate Airport (LIN):

• The furthest airport from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Milan Linate Airport (meaning Milan Linate Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,133 miles (19,526 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Milan Linate Airport (LIN) has 2 runways.
• Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo.
• Linate Airport is the second major airport of Milan, Italy, along with Malpensa Airport.
• The closest airport to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of LIN.
• In addition to being known as "Milan Linate Airport", another name for LIN is "Aeroporto di Milano-Linate".
• Milan Linate Airport handled 9,229,890 passengers last year.