Nonstop flight route between Zürich, Switzerland and Montgomery, Alabama, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland and Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM), Montgomery, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,826 miles (or 7,767 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 Montgomery Regional 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 Zurich Airport and Montgomery Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH |
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Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E |
Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZRH |
More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGM / KMGM |
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Location: | Montgomery, Alabama, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°18'2"N by 86°23'38"W |
Area Served: | Montgomery, Alabama |
Operator/Owner: | City of Montgomery |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 221 feet (67 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MGM |
More Information: | MGM Maps & Info |
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- In front of the terminal is a regional bus station and the airport stop of the Stadtbahn Glattal, a light rail system.
- The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
- Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
- The ground-side terminal complex comprises several buildings, and includes several airline check-in areas, a shopping mall, a railway station, car parks, and a bus and tram terminal.
- In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
- Swiss International Air Lines has an office on the property of Zurich Airport and in Kloten, consisting of the Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie buildings.Swiss World Cargo has its head office in the Alpha and Bravo buildings.Swiss Private Aviation has its head office in the Swiss complex.Swiss European Air Lines and Swiss AviationTraining, subsidiaries of Swiss, are also headquartered on the airport property.
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
- 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.
- The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations.
Facts about Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM):
- The furthest airport from Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,190 miles (18,009 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) is Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNE of MGM.
- Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) has 2 runways.
- The apron and the main runway and taxiways can accommodate aircraft as large as the Boeing 747 and Antonov 124.
- The Alabama Army National Guard also has an Army Aviation Support Facility on the south side of the airport.
- This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 188,177 enplanements in calendar year 2011, a decrease from 194,540 in 2010.
- Because of Montgomery Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 221 feet, planes can take off or land at Montgomery Regional 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.
- In addition to being known as "Montgomery Regional Airport", another name for MGM is "Dannelly Field".