Nonstop flight route between Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Regina International Airport (YQR), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and RAF Gütersloh (GUT), Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,355 miles (or 7,009 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 Regina 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 Regina 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 Regina International Airport (YQR):

• After the First World War, Reginan Roland Groome returned from military service as a flying instructor in Southern Ontario and, with partners, set up a company called the "Aerial Service Co." Its primitive airfield was located near what is the current intersection of Hill Avenue and Cameron Street in the city's southern Lakeview district.
• Regina International Airport handled 1,141,177 passengers last year.
• Regina International Airport (YQR) has 2 runways.
• On May 1, 1995, under the Canada-US Open Skies agreement, Northwest Airlines began service to Minneapolis – Saint Paul.
• The furthest airport from Regina International Airport (YQR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,218 miles (16,445 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Regina International Airport (YQR) is CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) W of YQR.

Facts about RAF Gütersloh (GUT):

• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Gütersloh (GUT) is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SSE of GUT.
• The station was captured by the Americans in April 1945 and designated as "Advanced Landing Ground Y-99".
• 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.