Nonstop flight route between Dakar, Senegal and Hollis, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal and Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base (HYL), Hollis, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,310 miles (or 10,154 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 Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport and Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane 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 Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport and Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HYL / |
Airport Name: | Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base |
Location: | Hollis, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 55ツー29'26"N by 132ツー37'24"W |
Area Served: | Hollis, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeastern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HYL |
More Information: | HYL Maps & Info |
Facts about Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR):
- The airport is also home to the French Air Force's Dakar-Ouakam Air Base.
- Before the introduction of long-range jets in the mid-1970s, it used to be an important stopover point for the routes between Europe and South America, together with the Canary Islands.
- Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
- 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.
- Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
- The airport was a Space Shuttle landing site until 1987, when it was determined that a dip in the runway could damage the shuttle upon landing.
- 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 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".
Facts about Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base (HYL):
- Because of Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane 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.
- Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base (HYL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base (HYL) is Thorne Bay Seaplane Base (KTB), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNE of HYL.
- The furthest airport from Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base (HYL) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,631 miles (17,108 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.