Nonstop flight route between Saarbrücken, Germany and Oran, Algeria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Saarbrücken Airport (SCN), Saarbrücken, Germany and Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF), Oran, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,021 miles (or 1,643 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 Saarbrücken Airport and Oran Tafaraoui Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SCN / EDDR |
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Location: | Saarbrücken, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°12'51"N by 7°6'33"E |
Area Served: | Saarbrücken, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1058 feet (322 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SCN |
More Information: | SCN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TAF / DAOL |
Airport Name: | Oran Tafaraoui Airport |
Location: | Oran, Algeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°32'27"N by 0°32'2"W |
Area Served: | Oran, Algeria |
Operator/Owner: | People’s National Army |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 367 feet (112 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TAF |
More Information: | TAF Maps & Info |
Facts about Saarbrücken Airport (SCN):
- The closest airport to Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) is Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) E of SCN.
- In addition to being known as "Saarbrücken Airport", another name for SCN is "Flughafen Saarbrücken".
- The airport's suboptimal location meant winter flights were not possible and bad weather and poor flying conditions caused frequent problems.
- The airport is linked to motorways A1/A6 which connect to Saarbrücken itself, to the cities of Trier and Mannheim and to Luxembourg.
- The furthest airport from Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Saarbrücken Airport (meaning Saarbrücken Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,027 miles (19,355 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Saarbrücken Airport consists of one passenger terminal building which features check-in-facilities as well as some shops and restaurants.
- The history of aviation in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German federal state Saarland, began on 17 September 1928 in the district of St.
- Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) has 2 runways.
Facts about Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF):
- Airport information for DAOL at World Aero Data.
- Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF) is Es-Sénia – Ben Bella Airport (ORN), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) NW of TAF.
- The new desert Spitfires of the 31st Fighter Group were also assigned to Tafaraoui.
- The furthest airport from Oran Tafaraoui Airport (TAF) is Whakatane Airport (WHK), which is nearly antipodal to Oran Tafaraoui Airport (meaning Oran Tafaraoui Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whakatane Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,666 kilometers) away in Whakatane, New Zealand.
- Because of Oran Tafaraoui Airport's relatively low elevation of 367 feet, planes can take off or land at Oran Tafaraoui 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.