Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and Munich, Bavaria, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tampa International Airport (TPA), Tampa, Florida, United States and Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,986 miles (or 8,024 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 Tampa International Airport and Munich 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 Tampa International Airport and Munich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tampa International Airport (TPA):

• The furthest airport from Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,435 miles (18,403 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Today, there are four active airsides with 62 gates.
• Tampa Bay is the birthplace of commercial airline service, when pioneer aviator Tony Jannus flew the inaugural flight of the St.
• Below is a brief description of the four original airsides and the airlines that occupied them throughout the years.
• Tampa International Airport is a hub for Silver Airways.
• Tampa International Airport (TPA) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of TPA.
• Construction on the new terminal designed by Reynolds, Smith & Hills began in 1968 between the airport's parallel jet-capable runways.
• After World War II, Drew Field was given back to the City of Tampa.
• In 1928 the city completed the 160-acre Drew Field six miles west of Downtown Tampa.
• Because of Tampa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Tampa 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.

Facts about Munich Airport (MUC):

• Naming the airport by its full name "Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß" is fairly uncommon.
• The 1,081 m pier features 21 jet bridges, two of which have been rebuilt into waiting halls for bus transfers.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• While Terminal 1 still has plenty of capacity left – in 2007, it only handled about 9 m passengers – the extension of Terminal 2 is required by Lufthansa and its Star Alliance partners to allow easy transfers within a single terminal.
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• In August 2007, the airport operator applied for a planning permission from the government of Upper Bavaria.
• Munich Airport, is the international airport of Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria in Germany.