Nonstop flight route between Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and Dover, Delaware, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lancaster Airport (LNS), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States and Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 82 miles (or 131 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 relatively short distance between Lancaster Airport and Dover Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LNS / KLNS |
Airport Name: | Lancaster Airport |
Location: | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°7'19"N by 76°17'39"W |
Area Served: | Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | Lancaster Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 403 feet (123 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LNS |
More Information: | LNS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DOV / KDOV |
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Location: | Dover, Delaware, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°7'41"N by 75°27'52"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DOV |
More Information: | DOV Maps & Info |
Facts about Lancaster Airport (LNS):
- The closest airport to Lancaster Airport (LNS) is Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport (CTH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) ESE of LNS.
- Lancaster Airport (LNS) has 2 runways.
- Lancaster Airport is a public use airport located four nautical miles north of the central business district of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- The furthest airport from Lancaster Airport (LNS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,677 miles (18,793 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Lancaster Airport covers an area of 850 acres at an elevation of 403 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Lancaster Airport's relatively low elevation of 403 feet, planes can take off or land at Lancaster 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.
Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):
- In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
- In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests.
- Two sections of the 436th Aerial Port Squadron warehouse collapsed on February 18, 2003, as a result of a record snow storm.
- In 1992, with the disestablishment of Military Air Command, Dover AFB was transferred to the newly established Air Mobility Command and the 436 MAW and 512 MAW were redesignated as the 436th Airlift Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing, respectively.
- Once the airport came under military control an immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield.
- The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
- Dover Airfield was reactivated on 1 August 1950 as a result of the Korean War and the expansion of the United States Air Force in response to the Soviet threat in the Cold War.