Nonstop flight route between Matane, Quebec, Canada and Celle, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Matane Airport (YME), Matane, Quebec, Canada and Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,232 miles (or 5,201 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 Matane 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 Matane 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 Matane Airport (YME):

• The furthest airport from Matane Airport (YME) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,439 miles (18,409 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Matane Airport (YME) is Mont-Joli Airport (YYY), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) WSW of YME.
• Because of Matane Airport's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Matane 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.
• Matane Airport (YME) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):

• 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.
• 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 (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• At the beginning of World War II the training school was relocated to Leipzig and Celle Air Base was used by varying units, none of which were stationed there for any long period of time.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
• The unit being stationed the longest at Celle was the Heeresfliegerstaffel 7.
• 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.
• With the beginning of the Berlin Airlift in 1948 this, however, changed radically.
• In the course of time, the type of aircraft stationed at Celle became larger and larger and crews were trained on almost all current military aircraft.
• At the same time, Celle residents began to complain about the so-called “Veronikas″, German women attracted to the well paid soldiers.