Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and RAF Gütersloh (GUT), Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,430 miles (or 7,129 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 Edmonton International Airport and RAF Gütersloh, 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 Edmonton International Airport and RAF Gütersloh. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Edmonton International Airport (YEG):

• An eight-storey, 213-room Renaissance hotel, which opened in Spring 2014, is located adjacent to the north terminal.
• Canadian North maintains its operations facilities on a building on the airport grounds.
• Edmonton International Airport handled 6,983,229 passengers last year.
• Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has 2 runways.
• In 1998, the airport underwent a $282 million "1998–2005 Redevelopment Project".
• During the 1970s, the airport experienced a rapid growth in traffic as the city of Edmonton grew, and served approximately 2 million passengers by 1980.
• The closest airport to Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is CFB Edmonton (YED), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) N of YEG.
• The furthest airport from Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,239 miles (16,478 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about RAF Gütersloh (GUT):

• Because of RAF Gütersloh's relatively low elevation of 236 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Gütersloh 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 furthest airport from RAF Gütersloh (GUT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,835 miles (19,046 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• RAF Gütersloh (GUT) currently has only 1 runway.
• During its history as an RAF station, it was home to two squadrons of the English Electric Lightning F2/F2A - No.
• The RAF established Headquarters No.
• The station was captured by the Americans in April 1945 and designated as "Advanced Landing Ground Y-99".
• The closest airport to RAF Gütersloh (GUT) is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SSE of GUT.