Nonstop flight route between Thomasville, Georgia, United States and Zürich, Switzerland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Thomasville Regional Airport (TVI), Thomasville, Georgia, United States and Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,787 miles (or 7,703 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 Thomasville Regional Airport and Zurich 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 Thomasville Regional Airport and Zurich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Thomasville Regional Airport (TVI):

• The furthest airport from Thomasville Regional Airport (TVI) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,323 miles (18,222 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Army activated Thomasville Army Airfield on March 1, 1943.
• The Army planned to utilize Thomasville as a sub-base of Dale Mabry Army Airfield, Tallahassee, Florida for Third Air Force dive-bomber operational training.
• Thomasville Regional Airport covers an area of 1,301 acres at an elevation of 264 feet above mean sea level.
• On September 26, 1943, the base had an "Open House" attended by an estimated 25,000 people.
• Thomasville Regional Airport (TVI) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Thomasville Regional Airport", another name for TVI is "Thomasville Army Airfield".
• During World War II, Thomasville Army Airfield was a United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force training base for reconnaissance and later fighter pilots.
• The closest airport to Thomasville Regional Airport (TVI) is Moultrie Municipal Airport (MGR), which is located only 13 miles (22 kilometers) NNE of TVI.
• Because of Thomasville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 264 feet, planes can take off or land at Thomasville Regional 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 Zurich Airport (ZRH):

• The airport has three airside piers, which are known as docks A, B and E.
• The first expansion of the airport was submitted in 1956, but the budget for the expansion was not approved by the Swiss Government until 1958 and the expansion was completed in 1961.
• In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
• Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
• The airport is served by the A51 motorway and other main roads, which provide access to the airport especially for the central and eastern Switzerland.
• The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
• Zurich Airport, also known as Zurich Kloten Airport, is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines.
• The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations.
• Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.