Nonstop flight route between McKinleyville, California, United States and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV), McKinleyville, California, United States and Ouagadougou Airport (OUA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,247 miles (or 11,663 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 Arcata/Eureka Airport and Ouagadougou 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 Arcata/Eureka Airport and Ouagadougou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ACV / KACV |
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Location: | McKinleyville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°58'40"N by 124°6'29"W |
Area Served: | Arcata, California and Eureka, California |
Operator/Owner: | Humboldt County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 222 feet (68 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ACV |
More Information: | ACV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OUA / DFFD |
Airport Name: | Ouagadougou Airport |
Location: | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°21'11"N by 1°30'43"W |
Area Served: | Ouagadougou |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 1037 feet (316 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from OUA |
More Information: | OUA Maps & Info |
Facts about Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV):
- In December 1947 a Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3 flying into the airport made the world's first blind landing by a scheduled commercial airliner using Ground-Controlled Approach radar, Instrument Landing System and Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation oil-burning units adjacent to the runway.
- In addition to being known as "Arcata/Eureka Airport", another name for ACV is "Arcata Airport".
- The closest airport to Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV) is Murray Field (EKA), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) S of ACV.
- The furthest airport from Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,222 miles (18,059 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV) has 2 runways.
- In 2005 the airport served 102,000 arriving commercial passengers and 104,000 departing on 4,370 departing flights.
- Because of Arcata/Eureka Airport's relatively low elevation of 222 feet, planes can take off or land at Arcata/Eureka 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 Ouagadougou Airport (OUA):
- Ouagadougou Airport handled 347,308 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Ouagadougou Airport (OUA) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is nearly antipodal to Ouagadougou Airport (meaning Ouagadougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport), and is located 12,169 miles (19,583 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
- Ouagadougou Airport (OUA) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Ouagadougou Airport (OUA) is Kaya Airport (XKY), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) NNE of OUA.