Nonstop flight route between Vienna, Austria and Cold Bay, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vienna International Airport (VIE), Vienna, Austria and Cold Bay Airport (CDB), Cold Bay, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,298 miles (or 8,527 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 Vienna International Airport and Cold Bay 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 Vienna International Airport and Cold Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vienna International Airport (VIE):

• A third runway is to be constructed 2,400 m south of 11L/29R.
• The closest airport to Vienna International Airport (VIE) is Bratislava Airport (BTS), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) E of VIE.
• Vienna International Airport (VIE) has 2 runways.
• Because of Vienna International Airport's relatively low elevation of 600 feet, planes can take off or land at Vienna International 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.
• Vienna International Airport has one terminal separated into four check-in areas which connect to five concourses.
• The furthest airport from Vienna International Airport (VIE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,745 miles (18,902 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Vienna International Airport", another name for VIE is "Flughafen Wien-Schwechat".
• Vienna International Airport is the international airport of Vienna, the capital of Austria.

Facts about Cold Bay Airport (CDB):

• Cold Bay Airport (CDB) has 2 runways.
• A myth describes Cold Bay Airport as an alternate landing site for Space Shuttles, but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has stated that it was never so designated, and it was not within the entry crossrange capability of Space Shuttles.
• Because of Cold Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 102 feet, planes can take off or land at Cold Bay 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 "Cold Bay Airport", other names for CDB include "Cold Bay Air Force Station" and "Fort Randall Army Airfield".
• On September 8, 1973 World Airways Flight 802 a Military Airlift Command cargo flight crashed into Mount Dutton when on approach to Cold Bay.
• On October 30, 2013 a Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 on the flight from Tokyo to San Francisco landed on the airport due to an engine shut-down.
• Between 1956 and 1958, Cold Bay Airport was used as a logistics support base during the construction of Cold Bay Air Force Station, a Ground Control Intercept station for Alaskan Air Command during the Cold War.
• The airfield was named Thornbrough Air Force Base in 1948 for Captain George W.
• The closest airport to Cold Bay Airport (CDB) is King Cove Airport (KVC), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) ESE of CDB.
• The furthest airport from Cold Bay Airport (CDB) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,968 miles (17,652 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• In the spring and summer of 1945, Cold Bay was the site of the largest and most ambitious transfer program of World War II, Project Hula, in which the United States transferred 149 ships and craft to the Soviet Union and trained 12,000 Soviet personnel in their operation in anticipation of the Soviet Union entering the war against Japan.