Nonstop flight route between Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom and Jacksonville, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dundee Airport (DND), Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom and NAS Jacksonville (NIP), Jacksonville, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,083 miles (or 6,571 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 Dundee Airport and NAS Jacksonville, 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 Dundee Airport and NAS Jacksonville. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DND / EGPN |
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Location: | Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°27'9"N by 3°1'32"W |
Area Served: | Dundee |
Operator/Owner: | Highlands and Islands Airports Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 17 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DND |
More Information: | DND Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NIP / KNIP |
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Location: | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°14'8"N by 81°40'50"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NIP |
More Information: | NIP Maps & Info |
Facts about Dundee Airport (DND):
- Because of Dundee Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Dundee 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.
- In October 2012, Loganair announced the closure of flights to Belfast City and Birmingham on behalf of Flybe citing poor load factors and high fuel costs as the reason for closure leaving CityJet with its route to London-City as the only scheduled carrier in Dundee.
- The furthest airport from Dundee Airport (DND) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,677 miles (18,791 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Dundee Airport (DND) currently has only 1 runway.
- After the departure of Business Air, the airport was left without any scheduled services for almost a year until April 1999, when ScotAirways introduced flights to London City Airport.
- In addition to being known as "Dundee Airport", another name for DND is "Port-adhair Dhùn Dèagh".
- Dundee Airport handled 67,269 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Dundee Airport (DND) is RAF Leuchars (ADX), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SE of DND.
Facts about NAS Jacksonville (NIP):
- NAS Jacksonville (NIP) has 2 runways.
- More than 700 buildings sprung to life on the base before V-J Day, including an 80-acre hospital and a prisoner-of-war compound which housed more than 1,500 German prisoners of war.
- Force reductions in the 1990s and early 2000s eliminated several P-3C squadrons and SH-60F/HH-60H squadrons at NAS Jacksonville, while the BRAC-directed closure of nearby NAS Cecil Field resulted in the relocation of Sea Control Wing ONE and its multiple Sea Control Squadrons operating the S-3 Viking until that aircraft's retirement from the active Fleet in 2008.
- The closest airport to NAS Jacksonville (NIP) is Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (CRG), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NE of NIP.
- Because of NAS Jacksonville's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Jacksonville 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.
- In 1973, with the assignment of Helicopter Antisubmarine Wing One, the station’s primary mission became antisubmarine warfare.
- The furthest airport from NAS Jacksonville (NIP) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,460 miles (18,444 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "NAS Jacksonville", another name for NIP is "Towers Field".