Nonstop flight route between Sal Island, Cape Verde and Tegel / Berlin, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID), Sal Island, Cape Verde and Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), Tegel / Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,158 miles (or 5,083 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 Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Berlin Tegel 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 Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Berlin Tegel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SID / GVAC |
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Location: | Sal Island, Cape Verde |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°44'32"N by 22°56'53"W |
Area Served: | Espargos |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos Seguranca Aera (ASA) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 177 feet (54 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SID |
More Information: | SID Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TXL / EDDT |
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Location: | Tegel / Berlin, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°33'34"N by 13°17'16"E |
Area Served: | Berlin, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 122 feet (37 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TXL |
More Information: | TXL Maps & Info |
Facts about Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID):
- The closest airport to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) S of SID.
- Amílcar Cabral International Airport handled 576 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY), which is nearly antipodal to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (meaning Amílcar Cabral International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bellona/Anua Airport), and is located 12,018 miles (19,341 kilometers) away in Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands.
- Because of Amílcar Cabral International Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Amílcar Cabral International 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.
- Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) has 2 runways.
- The airport's main runway is 3,272m and is the longest in Cape Verde.
- Amílcar Cabral has one terminal.
- In addition to being known as "Amílcar Cabral International Airport", another name for SID is "Aeroporto Internacional Amílcar Cabral".
Facts about Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL):
- The furthest airport from Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,685 miles (18,805 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Pan Am followed Air France into Tegel in May 1964, with a year-round, thrice-weekly direct service to New York JFK, which was operated with Boeing 707s or Douglas DC-8s.
- Berlin Tegel Airport handled 19,591,849 passengers last year.
- Because of Berlin Tegel Airport's relatively low elevation of 122 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tegel 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.
- British Airways was the last of West Berlin's three main scheduled carriers to commence regular operations from Tegel following the move from Tempelhof on 1 September 1975.
- The closest airport to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) is Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SE of TXL.
- During World War II, the area served once again as a military training area, mostly for Flak troops.
- British Dakota and Hastings aircraft carrying essential goods and raw materials began using Tegel on a regular basis from 17 November 1948.
- Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) has 2 runways.
- Following the cessation of direct Tegel–New York City scheduled services, Pan Am continued to operate affinity group/Advance Booking Charter flights from Tegel to the US on an ad hoc basis.
- Soon after the outbreak of World War I, on 20 August 1914, the area was dedicated to military training of aerial reconnaissance crews.
- In addition to being known as "Berlin Tegel Airport", another name for TXL is "Flughafen Berlin-Tegel".
- In addition to operating a limited number of commercial flights from Tegel prior to its move from Tempelhof on 1 September 1975, Pan Am used it as a diversion airfield.
- Initially, all commercial flights used the original terminal building, which was situated to the North of the runway, at what is today the military part of the airport.