Nonstop flight route between Sembach, Germany and Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from SEX to DYL:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- SEX Airport Information
- DYL Airport Information
- Facts about SEX
- Facts about DYL
- Map of Nearest Airports to SEX
- List of Nearest Airports to SEX
- Map of Furthest Airports from SEX
- List of Furthest Airports from SEX
- Map of Nearest Airports to DYL
- List of Nearest Airports to DYL
- Map of Furthest Airports from DYL
- List of Furthest Airports from DYL
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany and Doylestown Airport (DYL), Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,900 miles (or 6,276 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 Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base and Doylestown Airport, 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 Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base and Doylestown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SEX / ETAS |
Airport Name: | Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base |
Location: | Sembach, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°31'41"N by 7°51'56"E |
Operator/Owner: | United States with authority from Germany |
View all routes: | Routes from SEX |
More Information: | SEX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DYL / KDYL |
Airport Name: | Doylestown Airport |
Location: | Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°19'59"N by 75°7'18"W |
Area Served: | Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | Bucks County Airport Authority (BCAA) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 394 feet (120 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DYL |
More Information: | DYL Maps & Info |
Facts about Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX):
- In April 1951, German surveyors visited the area in the company of French officers.
- The closest airport to Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Ramstein Air Base (RMS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of SEX.
- In 1939, the German Luftwaffe ordered that the area be reserved for use as a fighter base.
- Another reason for the move to France was the unsuitability of Sembach's runway, which was barely adequate for the RF-84, but absolutely unsuitable for the higher performance RF-101 aircraft
- The furthest airport from Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,992 miles (19,299 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Sembach is the home of the United States Army's 230th Military Police Company, the 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, the 30th Medical Command, and the 786th Security Forces Squadron regional training center.
- The third and final phase of construction at Sembach Air Base was conducted in the summer of 1954 when the housing area was built.
- Although the Air Base was constructed in the French Zone of Occupation under French direction, it was built to be used by NATO forces and was, moreover, intended to be an American Air Base from the beginning.
Facts about Doylestown Airport (DYL):
- Doylestown Airport covers 200 acres at an elevation of 394 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Doylestown Airport (DYL) is NAS JRB Willow Grove (NXX), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of DYL.
- Doylestown Airport (DYL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Between 1957 and 1960, the airport was owned and managed by John Van Sant, a popular aviator in Pennsylvania and founder of the Van Sant Airport.
- Because of Doylestown Airport's relatively low elevation of 394 feet, planes can take off or land at Doylestown 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 Doylestown Airport (DYL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,722 miles (18,864 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.