Nonstop flight route between Tallinn, Estonia and Breda, Netherlands:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tallinn Airport (TLL), Tallinn, Estonia and Gilze-Rijen Air Base (GLZ), Breda, Netherlands would travel a Great Circle distance of 942 miles (or 1,516 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 Tallinn Airport and Gilze-Rijen Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Tallinn Airport (TLL):

• Prior to the establishment of the present airport in Ülemiste area, Lasnamäe Airfield was the primary airport of Tallinn, serving as a base for Aeronaut airline.
• Tallinn Airport (TLL) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 20 March 2013 the airport authorities announced a public procurement for constructing a new hangar complex.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Tallinn Airport (TLL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) N of TLL.
• 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.
• On 1 September 2013 the airport opened an automatic border control system, that should accelerate procedures for passengers travelling out of the Schengen area.
• 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 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.

Facts about Gilze-Rijen Air Base (GLZ):

• The Stichting Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht is also located at Gilze-Rijen air base, owning and operating a collection of mainly historic military aircraft.
• Gilze-Rijen Air Base (GLZ) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gilze-Rijen Air Base (GLZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,897 miles (19,146 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Gilze-Rijen Air Base is a military airbase in the Netherlands located between the cities of Breda and Tilburg, in the Noord-Brabant province.
• Because of Gilze-Rijen Air Base's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Gilze-Rijen Air Base 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 "Gilze-Rijen Air Base", another name for GLZ is "(Advanced Landing Ground B-77)".
• The closest airport to Gilze-Rijen Air Base (GLZ) is Eindhoven Airport (EIN), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) ESE of GLZ.
• In 1995, as a part of a large scale reorganistaion within the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the fighter aircraft were moved from Gilze-Rijen, and instead the base became the home of Bolkow BO-105 helicopters.