Nonstop flight route between Oral (Uralsk), Kazakhstan and Ramstein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA), Oral (Uralsk), Kazakhstan and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,914 miles (or 3,080 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 Oral Ak Zhol Airport and Ramstein Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA):

• Because of Oral Ak Zhol Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Oral Ak Zhol 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 "Oral Ak Zhol Airport", another name for URA is "Uralsk Airport".
• Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 10,504 miles (16,904 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA) is Balakovo Airport (BWO), which is located 170 miles (274 kilometers) WNW of URA.

Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• Enough construction was completed in mid-1952, that Landstuhl AB was opened on 5 August.
• The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.
• The 86th Air Base Group was activated as the main base support unit for Landstuhl, while the 7030th HQ Support Group was the main base support unit for Ramstein.
• From 2004 to 2006, Ramstein Air Base underwent an extensive expansion with a major construction project – including an all-new airport terminal, among other new facilities, through the so-called Rhein-Main Transition Program which was initiated in support of the total closure of Rhein-Main Air Base on 30 December 2005 and transferring all its former capacities to Ramstein Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base.
• Construction of the modern USAF base near Kaiserslautern began in April 1948 under the provisions of a Franco-American reciprocal agreement.
• In December 1980, HQ Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force was moved from Ramstein to Heidelberg and co-located with HQ Central Army Group.
• The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".