Nonstop flight route between Sand Point, Alaska, United States and Mönchengladbach, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sand Point Airport (SDP), Sand Point, Alaska, United States and Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), Mönchengladbach, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,038 miles (or 8,107 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 Sand Point Airport and Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach 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 Sand Point Airport and Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SDP / PASD |
Airport Name: | Sand Point Airport |
Location: | Sand Point, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°18'48"N by 160°31'17"W |
Area Served: | Sand Point, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SDP |
More Information: | SDP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGL / EDLN |
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Location: | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°13'49"N by 6°30'15"E |
Area Served: | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Düsseldorf Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 125 feet (38 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MGL |
More Information: | MGL Maps & Info |
Facts about Sand Point Airport (SDP):
- The furthest airport from Sand Point Airport (SDP) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,961 miles (17,641 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Sand Point Airport (SDP) is Port Moller Airport (PML), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) N of SDP.
- Sand Point Airport is a state owned, public use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Sand Point, a city in the Aleutians East Borough in the U.S.
- Sand Point Airport (SDP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Sand Point Airport resides at elevation of 21 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Sand Point Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Sand Point 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.
Facts about Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL):
- The furthest airport from Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,906 miles (19,161 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The British Army of the Rhine undertook an exercise in 1955, in accord with the then NATO-Strategy of quick reaction.
- The closest airport to Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ENE of MGL.
- In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport", another name for MGL is "Verkehrslandeplatz Mönchengladbach".
- Because of Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach 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.
- From 1996 until 2002 the Belgian airline VLM operated direct services to London City Airport with Fokker 50 aeroplanes providing up to 24 weekly flights in each direction.
- Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) currently has only 1 runway.