Nonstop flight route between Celle, Germany and Bhavnagar, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany and Bhavnagar Airport (BHU), Bhavnagar, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,876 miles (or 6,237 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 Bhavnagar 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 Bhavnagar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZCN / ETHC |
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Location: | Celle, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°35'27"N by 10°1'19"E |
Operator/Owner: | Federal Ministry of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 129 feet (39 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZCN |
More Information: | ZCN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHU / VABV |
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Location: | Bhavnagar, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°45'7"N by 72°11'7"E |
Area Served: | Bhavnagar |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BHU |
More Information: | BHU Maps & Info |
Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):
- 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 Treaty of Versailles in 1919 prohibited the German Reich to have her own air force.
- The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
- One year after the foundation of the Bundeswehr the British forces handed over the airfield to the German Army on 29 November 1957.
- 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.
- Without having suffered any serious damage the air base was surrendered by a German NCO to the British Army on 11 April 1945.
- In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
- With the beginning of the Berlin Airlift in 1948 this, however, changed radically.
- At the beginning of the 1970s the strength of the German Army Aviation Corps considerably increased when more manpower and material was allocated to it.
- 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.
- Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Bhavnagar Airport (BHU):
- In addition to being known as "Bhavnagar Airport", another name for BHU is "ભાવનગર વિમાનમથક".
- Bhavnagar Airport (BHU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Bhavnagar Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Bhavnagar 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 furthest airport from Bhavnagar Airport (BHU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Bhavnagar Airport (meaning Bhavnagar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,049 miles (19,392 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Bhavnagar Airport (BHU) is Surat Airport (STV), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) SE of BHU.