Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Nuremberg, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Nuremberg Airport (NUE), Nuremberg, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,907 miles (or 9,507 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 Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VBG / KVBG |
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Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'57"N by 120°34'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VBG |
More Information: | VBG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUE / EDDN |
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Location: | Nuremberg, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°29'54"N by 11°4'41"E |
Area Served: | Nuremberg, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1046 feet (319 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NUE |
More Information: | NUE Maps & Info |
Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):
- 1st Air and Space Test Squadron
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- From August 1950 to February 1953, Camp Cooke served as a training installation for units slated for combat in Korea, and as a summer training base for many other reserve units.
Facts about Nuremberg Airport (NUE):
- Nuremberg Airport has been voted "Best German Airport" by readers of the Business Traveller magazine consecutively since 2008.
- Nuremberg Airport is located 5 km north of the city centre.
- In addition to being known as "Nuremberg Airport", another name for NUE is "Flughafen Nürnberg".
- The closest airport to Nuremberg Airport (NUE) is Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NE of NUE.
- The Deutsche Flugsicherung, who is in charge of air traffic control for Germany, moved into the 48-meter high tower in November 1998.
- Since July 2009, the runway is being refurbished gradually in several phases.
- In April 2013, Air Berlin permanently shut down its winter seasonal hub in Nuremberg which had been maintained several years until then.
- The furthest airport from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,906 miles (19,161 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE) currently has only 1 runway.