Nonstop flight route between Vienna, Austria and Berlin, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vienna International Airport (VIE), Vienna, Austria and Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW), Berlin, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 337 miles (or 543 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 Vienna International Airport and Royal Air Force Station Gatow, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VIE / LOWW |
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| Location: | Vienna, Austria |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°6'37"N by 16°34'10"E |
| Area Served: | Vienna, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Wien AG |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 600 feet (183 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from VIE |
| More Information: | VIE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWW / EDBG |
| Airport Name: | Royal Air Force Station Gatow |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°28'27"N by 13°8'17"E |
| Operator/Owner: | formerly: Ministry of Defence, now: Bundeswehr |
| Airport Type: | Military (airport no longer in operation) |
| Elevation: | 161 feet (49 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GWW |
| More Information: | GWW Maps & Info |
Facts about Vienna International Airport (VIE):
- The airport received Olympic teams as Austria has twice hosted the Winter Olympics.
- 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.
- The airport lies directly adjacent to motorway A4 which leads from central Vienna to Budapest.
- Vienna International Airport has one terminal separated into four check-in areas which connect to five concourses.
- Vienna International Airport (VIE) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Vienna International Airport", another name for VIE is "Flughafen Wien-Schwechat".
- Originally built as a military airport in 1938, and used during World War II as the Heinkel firm's southern military aircraft design and production complex, or Heinkel-Süd facility, it was taken over by the British in 1945.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Vienna International Airport (VIE) is Bratislava Airport (BTS), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) E of VIE.
Facts about Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW):
- Because of Royal Air Force Station Gatow's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Royal Air Force Station Gatow 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.
- Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) currently has only 1 runway.
- BEA moved to Tempelhof Airport in 1951, where most of West Berlin's commercial air transport operations were concentrated from then on.
- The closest military neighbour to RAF Gatow was a tank unit of the National People's Army of East Germany.
- The furthest airport from Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,694 miles (18,819 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Known for most of its operational life as Royal Air Force Station Gatow, or more commonly RAF Gatow, this former British Royal Air Force airfield is in the district of Gatow in south-western Berlin, west of the Havel river, in the borough of Spandau.
- The closest airport to Royal Air Force Station Gatow (GWW) is Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NE of GWW.
- Alongside the Royal Air Force and various British civil aviation companies, the United States Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the South African Air Force all flew supplies into RAF Gatow during the Airlift.
