Nonstop flight route between Dole, France and Nanyuki, Kenya:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dole - Jura Airport (DLE), Dole, France and Nanyuki Airfield (NYK), Nanyuki, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,771 miles (or 6,069 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 Dole - Jura Airport and Nanyuki Airfield, 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 Dole - Jura Airport and Nanyuki Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DLE / LFGJ |
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Location: | Dole, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°2'34"N by 5°26'5"E |
Area Served: | Dole |
Operator/Owner: | CCI du Jura |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 645 feet (197 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DLE |
More Information: | DLE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NYK / HKNY |
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Location: | Nanyuki, Kenya |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°3'39"S by 37°2'30"E |
Area Served: | Nanyuki, and Northern Kenya |
Operator/Owner: | Kenya Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public, Civilian |
Elevation: | 6250 feet (1,905 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NYK |
More Information: | NYK Maps & Info |
Facts about Dole - Jura Airport (DLE):
- In addition to being known as "Dole - Jura Airport", other names for DLE include "Aéroport de Dole - Jura" and "(Advanced Landing Ground Y-7)".
- Dole - Jura Airport (DLE) has 2 runways.
- Because of Dole - Jura Airport's relatively low elevation of 645 feet, planes can take off or land at Dole - Jura 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.
- Today, the airport's World War II history remains with the alert pads built by the Germans at each end of the main runway.
- Dole – Jura Airport, also known as Franche-Comté Regional Airport, is an airport serving Dole, a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
- The closest airport to Dole - Jura Airport (DLE) is Dijon Air Base (DIJ), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NW of DLE.
- During World War II the airport was used by the German Luftwaffe during the occupation of France as an Air intelligence training facility.
- The furthest airport from Dole - Jura Airport (DLE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Dole - Jura Airport (meaning Dole - Jura Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,195 miles (19,626 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Nanyuki Airfield (NYK):
- In the early 1990s the airfield became home to Tropic Air Kenya — a small air charter company operating single-engine Cessna aircraft and helicopters.
- The closest airport to Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) S of NYK.
- Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Nanyuki Airfield", another name for NYK is "Nanyuki Airport".
- At 1,905 metres above sea level, the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures 1,200 metres in length.
- Because of Nanyuki Airfield's high elevation of 6,250 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NYK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NYK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Nanyuki Airfield (NYK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.