Nonstop flight route between Summit, Alaska, United States and Frankfurt, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Summit Airport (UMM), Summit, Alaska, United States and Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,511 miles (or 7,259 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 Summit Airport and Frankfurt 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 Summit Airport and Frankfurt Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UMM / PAST |
| Airport Name: | Summit Airport |
| Location: | Summit, Alaska, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 63°19'53"N by 149°7'37"W |
| Area Served: | Summit, Alaska |
| Operator/Owner: | Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2409 feet (734 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from UMM |
| More Information: | UMM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRA / EDDF |
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| Location: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°1'59"N by 8°34'14"E |
| Area Served: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 364 feet (111 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FRA |
| More Information: | FRA Maps & Info |
Facts about Summit Airport (UMM):
- The furthest airport from Summit Airport (UMM) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,397 miles (16,732 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Summit Airport (UMM) is McKinley National Park Airport (MCL), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) NNE of UMM.
- Summit Airport (UMM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):
- Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
- Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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 closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.
- The runway officially went into operation on 20 October 2011, with an aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel performing the first landing on 21 October.
- In 1962 it was decided to build an even larger terminal with a capacity of 30 million passengers per year.
- Terminal 2 is primarily used by airlines of the oneworld and SkyTeam alliances.
- Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".
- The southern side of the airport ground was home to the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was a major air base for the United States from 1947 until 2005, when the air base was closed and the property was acquired by Fraport.
- The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
