Nonstop flight route between Berlin, Germany and Latakia, Syria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF), Berlin, Germany and Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK), Latakia, Syria would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,615 miles (or 2,598 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 Berlin Tempelhof Airport and Bassel al-Assad International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF):

• The closest airport to Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) NW of THF.
• The furthest airport from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,687 miles (18,808 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Berlin Tempelhof Airport (THF) has 2 runways.
• This was furthermore the time Allied restrictions on the carriage of local civilians on commercial airline services from/to West Berlin were lifted.
• On 8 May 1945, Western Allied and German signatories of the German Surrender in Berlin and their entourage landed at Tempelhof airport.
• The old terminal, originally constructed in 1927, became the world's first with an underground railway.
• Because of Berlin Tempelhof Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Berlin Tempelhof 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.
• With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, the presence of American forces in Berlin ended.
• In addition to being known as "Berlin Tempelhof Airport", another name for THF is "Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof".
• The site of the airport was originally Knights Templar land in medieval Berlin, and from this beginning came the name Tempelhof.
• On 21 April 1945, Deutsche Luft Hansa operated its last scheduled flights, and over the coming days laid on additional non-scheduled flights from Johannisthal Air Field which stopped over at Tempelhof to take on freight en route to Travemünde and Munich, where Luft Hansa had relocated its headquarters.

Facts about Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK):

• The closest airport to Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK) is Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) S of LTK.
• Because of Bassel al-Assad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Bassel al-Assad 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.
• The furthest airport from Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,438 miles (18,408 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bassel al-Assad International Airport", another name for LTK is "مطار باسل الأسد الدولي".