Nonstop flight route between Roswell, New Mexico, United States and Munich, Bavaria, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roswell International Air Center (ROW), Roswell, New Mexico, United States and Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,566 miles (or 8,958 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 Roswell International Air Center and Munich 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 Roswell International Air Center and Munich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Roswell International Air Center (ROW):

• The Boeing Company uses RIAC for braking performance testing of its aircraft, most recent was the testing of the BF Goodrich carbon brakes on the 737-900ER model.
• Currently, American Eagle operates Embraer ERJ-140 regional jets on nonstop flights to Dallas/Ft.
• RIAC is the home of the New Mexico Rehabilitation Center.
• The closest airport to Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Artesia Municipal Airport (ATS), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of ROW.
• The furthest airport from Roswell International Air Center (ROW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,090 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On April 2, 2011, a Gulfstream G650 crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport during a test flight that was being conducted by the manufacturer of this large business jet, killing all four aboard.
• Walker AFB was named after General Kenneth Newton Walker, a native of Los Cerrillos, New Mexico.
• Roswell International Air Center (ROW) has 2 runways.
• The site is the storage facility for many of American Airlines' retired Airbus A300-600R wide body jetliners.

Facts about Munich Airport (MUC):

• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• The Franz-Josef Strauss Airport has two parallel runways and one helipad.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• From 1939 to 1992, Munich was served by Munich-Riem Airport.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• Due to security regulations imposed by the European Union, the terminal has been equipped with facilities to handle passengers from countries considered insecure, i.e.
• The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Naming the airport by its full name "Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß" is fairly uncommon.