Nonstop flight route between Zürich, Switzerland and Chesapeake, Ohio / Huntington, West Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland and Lawrence County Airpark (HTW), Chesapeake, Ohio / Huntington, West Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,378 miles (or 7,046 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 Zurich Airport and Lawrence County Airpark, 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 Zurich Airport and Lawrence County Airpark. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):

• The airport is owned by Flughafen Zürich AG, a company quoted on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
• The noise of aircraft became an issue and a noise charge was instituted in 1980, and in 1984, an agreement was made regarding arrivals and departures to the airport via German airspace.
• In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
• When Swissair existed, its head office was at Zurich Airport and in Kloten.
• A treaty was signed in 2001, regarding the limitation of flights over Germany.
• The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
• Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
• Rega, the air rescue service, has its head office in the Rega Centre, a hangar located in the northeast section of Zurich Airport.
• The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations.

Facts about Lawrence County Airpark (HTW):

• Lawrence County Airpark is a public use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Chesapeake, a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States.
• Lawrence County Airpark, originally known as Huntington Airport, was established in 1929.
• Because of Lawrence County Airpark's relatively low elevation of 568 feet, planes can take off or land at Lawrence County Airpark 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.
• Lawrence County Airpark covers an area of 86 acres at an elevation of 568 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Lawrence County Airpark (HTW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,410 miles (18,362 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Lawrence County Airpark (HTW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lawrence County Airpark (HTW) is Tri-State Airport (HTS), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SW of HTW.