Nonstop flight route between Rhine, Germany and Jining, Shandong, China:
Departure Airport:
(52°17'31"N by 7°23'5"E)
Arrival Airport:
(35°17'34"N by 116°20'48"E)
Distance from ZPQ to JNG:
5,033.47 miles (8,100.56 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ), Rhine, Germany and Jining Qufu Airport (JNG), Jining, Shandong, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,033 miles (or 8,101 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 Rheine-Bentlage Air Base and Jining Qufu 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 Rheine-Bentlage Air Base and Jining Qufu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZPQ / ETHE |
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| Location: | Rhine, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°17'31"N by 7°23'5"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Federal Ministry of Defence |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 128 feet (39 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZPQ |
| More Information: | ZPQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JNG / ZLJN |
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| Location: | Jining, Shandong, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°17'34"N by 116°20'48"E |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JNG |
| More Information: | JNG Maps & Info |
Facts about Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ):
- In 1939 works to build an air base for the Luftwaffe began.
- The furthest airport from Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,825 miles (19,030 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Army Aviation Medium Transport Regiment 15 was part of Airmobile Operations Division.
- Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Rheine-Bentlage Air Base", another name for ZPQ is "(Advanced Landing Ground B-108)".
- Because of Rheine-Bentlage Air Base's relatively low elevation of 128 feet, planes can take off or land at Rheine-Bentlage 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.
- The closest airport to Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) is Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) SE of ZPQ.
- Since then helicopters from Rheine saw action in as different places as Italy, Greece and the Pyrenees mainly by offering help and logistic support after natural disasters.
Facts about Jining Qufu Airport (JNG):
- The furthest airport from Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) is General Pico Airport (GPO), which is nearly antipodal to Jining Qufu Airport (meaning Jining Qufu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from General Pico Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,969 kilometers) away in General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) is Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) SE of JNG.
- Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Jining Qufu Airport", other names for JNG include "济宁曲阜机场", "Jìníng Qūfù Jīchǎng" and "ZSJG".
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 16.69 miles (26.86 km) SE | Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) | Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |     |
| 2 | 20.99 miles (33.78 km) W | Enschede Airport Twente (ENS) | Enschede, Netherlands | |
| 3 | 46.60 miles (74.99 km) ESE | RAF Gütersloh (GUT) | Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 4 | 54.34 miles (87.45 km) S | Dortmund Airport (DTM) | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 5 | 66.61 miles (107.20 km) NNW | Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) | Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands | |
| 6 | 70.29 miles (113.12 km) SE | Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) | Paderborn, Germany | |
| 7 | 71.22 miles (114.61 km) SW | Weeze Airport (NRN) | Weeze, Niederrhein, Germany | |
| 8 | 74.15 miles (119.34 km) SSW | Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 9 | 76.21 miles (122.65 km) N | Emden Airport (EME) | Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| 10 | 78.56 miles (126.43 km) NE | Bremen Airport (BRE) | Bremen, Germany | |
| 11 | 79.21 miles (127.48 km) W | Lelystad Airport (LEY) | Lelystad, Netherlands | |
| 12 | 82.47 miles (132.72 km) SSW | Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) | Mönchengladbach, Germany | |
| 13 | 84.40 miles (135.83 km) WSW | Volkel Air Base (UDE) | Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands | |
| 14 | 93.80 miles (150.95 km) NW | Leeuwarden Air Base (LWR) | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | |
| 15 | 94.34 miles (151.83 km) NNW | Borkum Airfield (BMK) | Borkum, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,824.68 miles (19,029.93 km) SSE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,546.91 miles (18,582.90 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,539.91 miles (18,571.63 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,521.58 miles (18,542.13 km) SE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,516.34 miles (18,533.71 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,514.77 miles (18,531.18 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,501.29 miles (18,509.48 km) SE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,499.94 miles (18,507.32 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,490.91 miles (18,492.78 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,485.36 miles (18,483.84 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,479.04 miles (18,473.68 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,476.42 miles (18,469.46 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,459.66 miles (18,442.48 km) SE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,459.60 miles (18,442.39 km) ESE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,457.16 miles (18,438.47 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 109.46 miles (176.16 km) SE | Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ) | Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 2 | 117.87 miles (189.69 km) E | Linyi Shubuling Airport (LYI) | Linyi, Shandong, China | |
| 3 | 118.49 miles (190.70 km) NNE | Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) | Jinan, Shandong, China | |
| 4 | 136.89 miles (220.30 km) NW | Handan Airport (HDG) | Handan, Hebei, China | |
| 5 | 151.56 miles (243.90 km) ESE | Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG) | Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China | |
| 6 | 151.70 miles (244.13 km) WSW | Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO) | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | |
| 7 | 153.39 miles (246.86 km) NW | Xingtai Dalian Airport (XNT) | Xingtai, Hebei, China | |
| 8 | 170.22 miles (273.94 km) SSW | Fuyang Xiguan Airport (FUG) | Fuyang, Anhui, China | |
| 9 | 177.90 miles (286.30 km) SSE | Bengbu Airport (BFU) | Bengbu, Anhui, China | |
| 10 | 181.02 miles (291.32 km) ENE | Weifang Airport (WEF) | Weifang, Shandong, China | |
| 11 | 190.73 miles (306.95 km) ESE | Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA) | Huai'an, Jiangsu, China | |
| 12 | 192.21 miles (309.33 km) WNW | Changzhi Wangcun Airport (CIH) | Changzhi, Shanxi, China | |
| 13 | 225.73 miles (363.28 km) NNW | Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW) | Shijiazhuang, China | |
| 14 | 227.19 miles (365.63 km) W | Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA) | Luoyang, Henan, China | |
| 15 | 235.55 miles (379.08 km) ENE | Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO) | Qingdao, Shandong, China | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,408.31 miles (19,969.20 km) SSE | General Pico Airport (GPO) | General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina | |
| 2 | 12,340.45 miles (19,859.97 km) SSE | Santa Rosa Airport (RSA) | Santa Rosa, Argentina | |
| 3 | 12,328.91 miles (19,841.40 km) WSW | Comodoro Pedro Zanni Airport (PEH) | Pehuajó, Argentina | |
| 4 | 12,274.15 miles (19,753.27 km) WSW | Junín Airport (JNI) | Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 5 | 12,258.57 miles (19,728.21 km) SSW | Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) | Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 6 | 12,229.07 miles (19,680.74 km) SE | Brigadier Mayor Cesar Raúl Ojeda Airport (LUQ) | San Luis, Argentina | |
| 7 | 12,215.47 miles (19,658.85 km) WSW | Olavarría Airport (OVR) | Olavarría, Argentina | |
| 8 | 12,204.03 miles (19,640.43 km) SW | Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS) | Rosario, Argentina | |
| 9 | 12,190.08 miles (19,617.98 km) SSE | Villa Dolores Airport (VDR) | Villa Dolores, Córdoba, Argentina | |
| 10 | 12,185.94 miles (19,611.33 km) SSW | Comandante Espora Airport (BHI) | Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| 11 | 12,175.98 miles (19,595.28 km) WSW | Las Flores Airport (ELB) | El Banco, Colombia | |
| 12 | 12,163.41 miles (19,575.05 km) E | San Rafael Airport (AFA) | San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina | |
| 13 | 12,159.76 miles (19,569.18 km) S | Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) | Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina | |
| 14 | 12,156.44 miles (19,563.85 km) WSW | Tandil Airport (TDL) | Tandil, Argentina | |
| 15 | 12,154.92 miles (19,561.40 km) SW | Tres Arroyos Airport (OYO) | Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |