Nonstop flight route between Concord, California, United States and Dakar, Senegal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR), Concord, California, United States and Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,357 miles (or 10,231 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 Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base and Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor 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 Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base and Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CCR / KCCR |
Airport Name: | Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base |
Location: | Concord, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37ツー59'22"N by 122ツー3'24"W |
Area Served: | Contra Costa County, California |
Operator/Owner: | Contra Costa County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from CCR |
More Information: | CCR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DKR / GOOY |
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Location: | Dakar, Senegal |
GPS Coordinates: | 14ツー44'21"N by 17ツー29'23"W |
Area Served: | Dakar |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DKR |
More Information: | DKR Maps & Info |
Facts about Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR):
- Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR) is Napa County Airport (APC), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NW of CCR.
- Beginning in the 1990s the Board of Supervisors updated the Buchanan Field Airport Master Plan.
- The furthest airport from Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base (CCR) is Tテエlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,334 miles (18,241 kilometers) away in Tテエlanaro, Madagascar.
- Another plane crashed on April 13, 2004, shortly after leaving Buchanan Field.
- Because of Buchanan FieldConcord Army Air Base's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Buchanan FieldConcord Army 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.
Facts about Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR):
- Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
- In 2007, Patrick Smith, author of the Ask the Pilot column for Salon.com, called it the "World's Worst Airport", commenting that he found there "only squalor, an unnerving sense of confinement and to some extent danger".
- Because of Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor 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.
- The airport has often been used as a stopover on flights between North America and Southern Africa.
- The closest airport to Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
- The furthest airport from Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (meaning Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,138 miles (19,533 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
- In addition to being known as "Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport", another name for DKR is "Aテゥroport international Lテゥopold-Sテゥdar-Senghor".
- The head office of Sテゥnテゥgal Airlines is located on the airport property.
- Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.