Nonstop flight route between Ramstein, Germany and Ely, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany and Ely Municipal Airport (LYU), Ely, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,184 miles (or 6,734 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 Ely 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 Ely 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):

• Besides the U.S. Air Force, the installation's population includes Belgian, British, Canadian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Polish personnel.
• Ramstein Air Base also served as temporary housing for the United States men's national soccer team during the 2006 World Cup.
• The east gate of Ramstein Air Base is about 10 miles from Kaiserslautern.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
• 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.
• Enough construction was completed in mid-1952, that Landstuhl AB was opened on 5 August.
• On 31 January 1973, several headquarters were relocated into and out of Ramstein, when Seventeenth AF moved to Sembach Air Base to make room for the expected move of HQ USAFE to Ramstein.
• During the initial postwar era, the USAAF repaired several former Luftwaffe airfields in Bavaria which was part of the American occupation zone of Germany.

Facts about Ely Municipal Airport (LYU):

• The closest airport to Ely Municipal Airport (LYU) is Range Regional Airport (HIB), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) WSW of LYU.
• The furthest airport from Ely Municipal Airport (LYU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,748 miles (17,296 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Ely Municipal Airport", another name for LYU is "ELO".
• Ely Municipal Airport is in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, four miles south of Ely, which owns it.
• Ely Municipal Airport (LYU) currently has only 1 runway.