Nonstop flight route between Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands and Frankfurt, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cyril E. King Airport (STT), Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands and Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,529 miles (or 7,289 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 Cyril E. King Airport and Frankfurt 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 Cyril E. King Airport and Frankfurt Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | STT / TIST |
Airport Name: | Cyril E. King Airport |
Location: | Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°20'13"N by 64°58'23"W |
Operator/Owner: | Virgin Islands Port Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from STT |
More Information: | STT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRA / EDDF |
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Location: | Frankfurt, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°1'59"N by 8°34'14"E |
Area Served: | Frankfurt, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 364 feet (111 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from FRA |
More Information: | FRA Maps & Info |
Facts about Cyril E. King Airport (STT):
- During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force 23rd Fighter Squadron deployed P-40 Warhawk fighters to the airport from March 1942 – May 1943.
- The furthest airport from Cyril E. King Airport (STT) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Cyril E. King Airport (meaning Cyril E. King Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,260 miles (19,731 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- Cyril E. King Airport (STT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Cyril E. King Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Cyril E. King 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.
- The closest airport to Cyril E. King Airport (STT) is Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base (SPB), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of STT.
Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):
- Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
- Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
- Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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.
- In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
- Terminal 1 is primarily used by Lufthansa, its associated companies and its Star Alliance partners.
- The Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport and Airship Base was officially opened on 8 July 1936.
- On 11 October 2011, the Hessian Administration Court ruled that night flights between 11pm and 5am are no longer allowed at Frankfurt Airport after the inauguration of the new runway, and therefore overrode the approval from the Hessian government from 2007 which allowed 17 scheduled flights per night.
- In 1948 the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of West Berlin under Allied control.
- On 30 December 2005, the Rhein-Main Air Base in the southern part of the airport ground was closed and the US Air Force moved to Ramstein Air Base.
- The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Frankfurt Airport is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centers.
- The closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.