Nonstop flight route between Tallinn, Estonia and Battle Creek, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tallinn Airport (TLL), Tallinn, Estonia and W. K. Kellogg Airport (BTL), Battle Creek, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,369 miles (or 7,030 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 Tallinn Airport and W. K. Kellogg 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 Tallinn Airport and W. K. Kellogg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tallinn Airport (TLL):

• Regular flights with jet aircraft began on 2 October 1962 with a maiden passenger flight from Moscow for then newest Soviet airliner Tu-124.
• The closest airport to Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) N of TLL.
• The furthest airport from Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,037 miles (17,763 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• According to Erik Sakkov, board member of Tallinn Airport, the future plans include expanding the runway by 600–700 metres to serve regular long-haul flights, also building of a brand-new taxiway, new storage facilities, a new point-to-point terminal and expansion of the existing passenger terminal, so it can serve arriving and departing passengers on two different levels.
• Because of Tallinn Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Tallinn 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 "Tallinn Airport", another name for TLL is "Tallinna lennujaam".
• In 2012, Pullmantur Air started its charter operations from Madrid-Barajas Airport with three Airbus 321s and two to three Boeing 747s.
• The name change was discussed at a board meeting on 29 March 2006, and on the opening of the new terminal on 19 September 2008, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip officially announced the renaming would take place in March 2009
• Tallinn Airport (TLL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Additional Tallinn Airport GH check-in terminal is located at the Radisson Blu Hotel Tallinn.
• Between 1945 and 1989, Aeroflot was the only airline that served Tallinn Airport.

Facts about W. K. Kellogg Airport (BTL):

• The furthest airport from W. K. Kellogg Airport (BTL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,193 miles (18,013 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• W. K. Kellogg Airport (BTL) has 3 runways.
• During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
• The closest airport to W. K. Kellogg Airport (BTL) is Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) WSW of BTL.
• In May 2010, construction began on a new $7.2 million, 4,100 feet long by 75 feet wide runway parallel to existing runway 5/23.
• Because of W. K. Kellogg Airport's relatively low elevation of 952 feet, planes can take off or land at W. K. Kellogg 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.