Nonstop flight route between Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia and Dakar, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aek Godang Airport (AEG), Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia and Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,985 miles (or 12,850 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 Aek Godang Airport and Léopold Sédar Senghor International 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 Aek Godang Airport and Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aek Godang Airport (AEG):

• In addition to being known as "Aek Godang Airport", another name for AEG is "Bandar Udara Aek Godang".
• Because of Aek Godang Airport's relatively low elevation of 922 feet, planes can take off or land at Aek Godang 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.
• Aek Godang Airport (AEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Aek Godang Airport (AEG) is Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO), which is nearly antipodal to Aek Godang Airport (meaning Aek Godang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Reales Tamarindos Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,974 kilometers) away in Portoviejo, Ecuador.
• The closest airport to Aek Godang Airport (AEG) is Binaka Airport (GNS), which is located 120 miles (194 kilometers) W of AEG.

Facts about Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR):

• The closest airport to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
• In addition to being known as "Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport", another name for DKR is "Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor".
• The furthest airport from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (meaning Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,138 miles (19,533 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
• In 2007, Patrick Smith, author of the Ask the Pilot column for Salon.com, called it the "World's Worst Airport", commenting that he found there "only squalor, an unnerving sense of confinement and to some extent danger".
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
• Because of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Léopold Sédar Senghor International 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 airport is also home to the French Air Force's Dakar-Ouakam Air Base.
• The airport has often been used as a stopover on flights between North America and Southern Africa.