Nonstop flight route between Poplar River, Manitoba, Canada and Celle, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Poplar River Airport (XPP), Poplar River, Manitoba, Canada and Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,027 miles (or 6,481 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 Poplar River Airport and Celle Air Base, 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 Poplar River Airport and Celle Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Poplar River Airport (XPP):

• The closest airport to Poplar River Airport (XPP) is Berens River Airport (YBV), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SSE of XPP.
• Because of Poplar River Airport's relatively low elevation of 727 feet, planes can take off or land at Poplar River 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.
• Poplar River Airport (XPP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Poplar River Airport (XPP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,376 miles (16,698 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):

• On 9 March 1935 Hermann Göring officially announced the existence of a German Air Force and the D.L.V.
• Celle Air Base can be approached by way of a connecting road to the Landesstraße 310 which is used as a spur route to the motorways A 7 and A 352.
• With the beginning of the Berlin Airlift in 1948 this, however, changed radically.
• Because of Celle Air Base's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Celle Air Base 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.
• Celle Air Base is a military airbase of the German Army.
• Due to the tense situation during the building of the Berlin Wall a small unit of the National Guard of the United States was stationed at Celle Air Base in 1961 in case of a second Berlin Airlift.
• After RAF Fassberg and RAF Wunstorf Celle became the third airfield in the region to serve in the airlift.
• At the beginning of the airlift a total of 600 tons of freight were transported into the besieged city which increased to 1000 tons of coal and food each day in the spring of 1949.
• The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
• In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
• The infrastructure for a renewed airlift, however, was kept in place and was constantly improved until German reunification.
• Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,761 miles (18,928 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.