Nonstop flight route between Siirt, Turkey and Berlin, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Siirt Airport (SXZ), Siirt, Turkey and Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,700 miles (or 2,736 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 Siirt Airport and Royal Air Force Station Gatow, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SXZ / LTCL |
| Airport Name: | Siirt Airport |
| Location: | Siirt, Turkey |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°58'41"N by 41°50'21"E |
| Area Served: | Siirt |
| Operator/Owner: | DHMİ (State Airports Authority) |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2000 feet (610 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SXZ |
| More Information: | SXZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWW / EDBG |
| Airport Name: | Royal Air Force Station Gatow |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°28'27"N by 13°8'17"E |
| Operator/Owner: | formerly: Ministry of Defence, now: Bundeswehr |
| Airport Type: | Military (airport no longer in operation) |
| Elevation: | 161 feet (49 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GWW |
| More Information: | GWW Maps & Info |
Facts about Siirt Airport (SXZ):
- Siirt Airport (SXZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Siirt Airport (SXZ) is Batman Airport (BAL), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) W of SXZ.
- The furthest airport from Siirt Airport (SXZ) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,390 miles (18,330 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
Facts about Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW):
- During the Berlin Airlift, the Station was modernised with a 2,000 yards long concrete runway, using 794 German workers, in March 1947.
- Because of Royal Air Force Station Gatow's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Royal Air Force Station Gatow 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 Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NE of GWW.
- BEA moved to Tempelhof Airport in 1951, where most of West Berlin's commercial air transport operations were concentrated from then on.
- Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 20 June 1980, the Royal Australian Air Force presented a Douglas Dakota to RAF Gatow in commemoration of its role.
- The airfield is now called General-Steinhoff Kaserne.
- RAF Gatow has the unique and unlikely distinction of being the base for the only known operational use of flying boats in central Europe, during the Berlin Blockade, on the nearby Großer Wannsee in the Havel river.
- The furthest airport from Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,694 miles (18,819 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
