Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Weeze, Niederrhein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Weeze Airport (NRN), Weeze, Niederrhein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,657 miles (or 9,104 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Weeze 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Weeze Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):

• With the establishment of a separate Air Force in September 1947, Vandenberg became its first vice chief of staff under General Carl Spaatz, and succeeded him on 30 April 1948.
• In September 2000, veterans of the 40th Infantry Division gathered an Vandenberg Air Force Base to dedicate its Korean War Memorial.
• The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
• In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
• The base is named in honor of former Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt S.
• The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• General Vandenberg was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 24 January 1899.
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Facts about Weeze Airport (NRN):

• In addition to being known as "Weeze Airport", another name for NRN is "Flughafen Weeze/Niederrhein".
• Weeze Airport handled 290,000 passengers last year.
• Weeze Airport or Niederrhein Airport is an airport situated 3.7 km southwest of the municipality of Weeze, district of Kleve in the Lower Rhine region of Germany.
• Weeze Airport (NRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2008, with 1.52 million passengers, which represented growth of 80% on the previous year, it was among Europe's fastest-growing airports.
• There are direct buses serving Düsseldorf Main Station up to 7 times a day.
• The furthest airport from Weeze Airport (NRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,885 miles (19,127 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Weeze Airport (NRN) is Volkel Air Base (UDE), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of NRN.
• Because of Weeze Airport's relatively low elevation of 106 feet, planes can take off or land at Weeze 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.