Nonstop flight route between Celle, Germany and Broken Bow, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany and Broken Bow Municipal Airport (BBW), Broken Bow, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,708 miles (or 7,576 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 Celle Air Base and Broken Bow Municipal Airport, 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 Celle Air Base and Broken Bow Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):

• 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 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.
• Until the end of World War II the airfield operated under the name of Fliegerhorst Celle-Wietzenbruch.
• Without having suffered any serious damage the air base was surrendered by a German NCO to the British Army on 11 April 1945.
• At the same time, Celle residents began to complain about the so-called “Veronikas″, German women attracted to the well paid soldiers.
• 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.
• One year after the foundation of the Bundeswehr the British forces handed over the airfield to the German Army on 29 November 1957.
• Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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 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.
• Following the end of the Berlin Airlift in 1949, the airfield was again used exclusively by British Forces.

Facts about Broken Bow Municipal Airport (BBW):

• The closest airport to Broken Bow Municipal Airport (BBW) is Jim Kelly Field (LXN), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) S of BBW.
• The furthest airport from Broken Bow Municipal Airport (BBW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,637 miles (17,119 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Broken Bow Municipal Airport (BBW) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Broken Bow Municipal Airport", another name for BBW is "Keith Glaze Field".