Nonstop flight route between Zweibrücken, Germany and Albany, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW), Zweibrücken, Germany and Albany International Airport (ALB), Albany, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,733 miles (or 6,008 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 Zweibrücken Airport and Albany International 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 Zweibrücken Airport and Albany International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW):

• In addition to being known as "Zweibrücken Airport", another name for ZQW is "Flughafen Zweibrücken".
• Zweibrücken Airport handled 220,740 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) is Saarbrücken Airport (SCN), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) W of ZQW.
• In 2006, Germanwings began a new twice-daily service to Berlin Schönefeld Airport, but ceased them in 2011 due to expensive airports taxes.
• The local bus route 226 connects the airport with Zweibrücken city centre including Zweibrücken station.
• The furthest airport from Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zweibrücken Airport (meaning Zweibrücken Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) currently has only 1 runway.
• A twice per week service was also operated between Zweibrücken and Antalya by Sky Airlines until the airline ceased operations due to financial problems in 2013.

Facts about Albany International Airport (ALB):

• At the time of US Airline Deregulation in 1978, most of Albany's service was provided by two "trunk carriers" and one "local service carrier".
• Albany International Airport (ALB) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Albany International Airport (ALB) is Schenectady County Airport (SCH), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) NW of ALB.
• The furthest airport from Albany International Airport (ALB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,661 miles (18,766 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• ALB was jointly owned and managed by the city and county of Albany until 1960 when Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd ended the city's stake.
• Albany International Airport handled 2,531,323 passengers last year.
• Many times a week, UPS runs a 757-200 for cargo.
• There have been discussions between the Town of Colonie and The Albany Airport Board regarding the construction of a new concourse.
• Because of Albany International Airport's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Albany International 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.