Nonstop flight route between Dakar, Senegal and Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada:
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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 Shearwater Heliport (YAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,382 miles (or 5,443 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 Shearwater Heliport, 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 Shearwater Heliport. 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: | YAW / CYAW |
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Location: | Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 44ツー38'13"N by 63ツー30'7"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 144 feet (44 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YAW |
More Information: | YAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR):
- The head office of Sテゥnテゥgal Airlines is located on the airport property.
- The airport has often been used as a stopover on flights between North America and Southern Africa.
- Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
- The airport is also home to the French Air Force's Dakar-Ouakam Air Base.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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".
- Lテゥopold Sテゥdar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
- 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.
Facts about Shearwater Heliport (YAW):
- Because of Shearwater Heliport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Shearwater Heliport 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.
- Shearwater is the second-oldest military aerodrome in Canada.
- The combined land and sea-based aerodromes were used to station carrier-based maritime patrol and fighter aircraft.
- In addition to being known as "Shearwater Heliport", other names for YAW include "Halifax/Shearwater Heliport", "12 Wing Shearwater" and "CFB Shearwater".
- By the 1980s this air show came to be named the "Shearwater International Air Show" and was a popular event for military aviation enthusiasts in Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States as the location of CFB Shearwater, coupled with the popularity of the Halifax area among military aircrew, resulted in heavy international participation from the RCAF, as well as the USAF, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, Royal Air Force and numerous other NATO air forces in Europe.
- The furthest airport from Shearwater Heliport (YAW) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,763 miles (18,931 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- These changes allowed for heliport operations including instrument approaches and were accompanied with the construction of other non-airfield facilities in support of the Maritime Helicopter Project.
- The closest airport to Shearwater Heliport (YAW) is Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) N of YAW.