Nonstop flight route between Valenciennes, France and Turin, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS), Valenciennes, France and Turin Airport (TRN), Turin, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 404 miles (or 650 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 Valenciennes-Denain Airport and Turin Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS):

• In addition to being known as "Valenciennes-Denain Airport", another name for XVS is "(Advanced Landing Ground A-83/B-74)".
• Because of Valenciennes-Denain Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Valenciennes-Denain 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.
• After the construction of a military airfield at Denain, the airfield was reactivated by the Luftwaffe, stationing Jagdgeschwader 3, a day fighter-interceptor unit assigned to the "Defense of the Reich" campaign against the American Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacking targets in Occupied Europe and Germany.
• Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,987 miles (19,291 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The wartime air base is still evident with the 5500' concrete NE/SW runway remaining, complete with patched bomb craters and expansion joints allowing grass to grow between the concrete pads.
• The closest airport to Valenciennes-Denain Airport (XVS) is Lille Airport (LIL), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NW of XVS.
• Valenciennes-Denain Airport is a regional airport in France, located southwest of Valenciennes.
• Denain Airport was cleared of German forces by Allied ground forces about 11 September 1944 during the Northern France Campaign.

Facts about Turin Airport (TRN):

• The airport is connected by rail to the city of Turin by the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres, operated by GTT as line A of Turin metropolitan railway service and by bus, by means of the SADEM bus shuttle and charter buses.
• The furthest airport from Turin Airport (TRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Turin Airport (meaning Turin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,213 miles (19,654 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Turin Airport", another name for TRN is "Aeroporto di Torino".
• The closest airport to Turin Airport (TRN) is Aosta Valley Airport (AOT), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NNW of TRN.
• Because of Turin Airport's relatively low elevation of 989 feet, planes can take off or land at Turin 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 was built in 1953 and was renovated in 1989 for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and then again in 2005 in preparation for the Winter Olympics.
• Turin Airport (TRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The whole airport covers an area of more than 57 thousand square meters.
• Turin Airport handled 3,521,847 passengers last year.