Nonstop flight route between Charleston, West Virginia, United States and Don Muang, Bangkok, Thailand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yeager Airport (CRW), Charleston, West Virginia, United States and Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), Don Muang, Bangkok, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,821 miles (or 14,196 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 Yeager Airport and Don Mueang 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 Yeager Airport and Don Mueang 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: | CRW / KCRW |
Airport Name: | Yeager Airport |
Location: | Charleston, West Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°22'32"N by 81°35'35"W |
Area Served: | Charleston, West Virginia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 981 feet (299 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CRW |
More Information: | CRW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DMK / VTBD |
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Location: | Don Muang, Bangkok, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°54'44"N by 100°36'24"E |
Operator/Owner: | Royal Thai Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 9 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DMK |
More Information: | DMK Maps & Info |
Facts about Yeager Airport (CRW):
- Because of Yeager Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at Yeager 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 closest airport to Yeager Airport (CRW) is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SSE of CRW.
- On January 19, 2010 PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 N246PS on flight 2495 to Charlotte, North Carolina on behalf of US Airways with 30 passengers and 3 crew, overran the runway following a rejected take-off at 16:13 local time.
- On July 28, 2010 a United Airlines Boeing 757 from Washington Dulles to San Diego was forced to divert to Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia after smoke was detected in a restroom.
- Yeager Airport (CRW) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Yeager Airport (CRW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- On June 25, 2009 AirTran Airways began service from Charleston to Orlando.
- Yeager Airport is a public airport three miles east of downtown Charleston, in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
- During World War II Charleston's airport, Wertz Field, closed when the airport's approaches were blocked by the federal government building a synthetic rubber plant next to the airport.
Facts about Don Mueang International Airport (DMK):
- In addition to being known as "Don Mueang International Airport", another name for DMK is "ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง".
- Don Mueang International Airport has 3 terminals.
- Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) is Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) SSE of DMK.
- Because of the 2011 Thailand floods that affected Bangkok and the rest of Thailand, the airport was closed as flood waters flowed on to the runways and affected the lighting.
- In 1933, the airfield was the scene of heavy fighting between royalists and government forces during the Boworadet Rebellion.
- The furthest airport from Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Don Mueang International Airport (meaning Don Mueang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,235 miles (19,691 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
- Because of Don Mueang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Don Mueang 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.
- Don Mueang is a joint-use facility with the Royal Thai Air Force's Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base, and is the home of the RTAF 1st Air Division, which consists primarily of non-combat aircraft.