Nonstop flight route between Chiredzi, Zimbabwe and Dover, Delaware, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Buffalo Range Airport (BFO), Chiredzi, Zimbabwe and Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,015 miles (or 12,899 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 Buffalo Range Airport and Dover Air Force Base, 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 Buffalo Range Airport and Dover Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BFO / FVCZ |
Airport Name: | Buffalo Range Airport |
Location: | Chiredzi, Zimbabwe |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°0'29"S by 31°34'42"E |
Area Served: | Chiredzi |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1421 feet (433 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BFO |
More Information: | BFO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DOV / KDOV |
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Location: | Dover, Delaware, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°7'41"N by 75°27'52"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DOV |
More Information: | DOV Maps & Info |
Facts about Buffalo Range Airport (BFO):
- Buffalo Range Airport (BFO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Buffalo Range Airport (BFO) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,998 miles (19,310 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Buffalo Range Airport (BFO) is Masvingo Airport (MVZ), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) NW of BFO.
Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):
- * Base put on temporary inactive status, September 1, 1946 – August 1, 1950.
- In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
- After the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the remains of the seven astronauts were transferred to Dover AFB.
- Dover AFB is also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime.
- Dover Airfield was reactivated on 1 August 1950 as a result of the Korean War and the expansion of the United States Air Force in response to the Soviet threat in the Cold War.
- The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
- The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Once the airport came under military control an immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield.