Nonstop flight route between Dallas, Texas, United States and Alexandria / Borg El Arab, Egypt:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dallas Love Field (DAL), Dallas, Texas, United States and Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE), Alexandria / Borg El Arab, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,817 miles (or 10,970 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 Dallas Love Field and Borg El Arab 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 Dallas Love Field and Borg El Arab 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 Dallas Love Field (DAL):

• On March 9, 1947 Love Field's Lemmon Avenue Terminal Building opened on the east side of the airfield.
• Dallas Love Field handled 7,960,809 passengers last year.
• Because of Dallas Love Field's relatively low elevation of 487 feet, planes can take off or land at Dallas Love Field 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.
• After officially opening on October 19, 1917, the first unit stationed at Love Field was the 136th Aero Squadron, which was transferred from Kelly Field, south of San Antonio, Texas.
• On 22 November 1963, Air Force One arrived at Love Field from Carswell Air Force Base, near Fort Worth, Texas, landing at 11:30 am.
• Several terminal expansion programs were fueled by the boom in air travel during the 1960s.
• Dallas Love Field (DAL) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Dallas Love Field (DAL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,918 miles (17,571 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Dallas Love Field (DAL) is Addison Airport (ADS), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) N of DAL.
• On November 29, 1949 American Airlines Flight 157, a Douglas DC-6 en route from New York City to Dallas and Mexico City with 46 passengers and crew, slid off Runway 36 after the flight crew lost control on final approach.

Facts about Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE):

• Borg El Arab International Airport is an airport serving Alexandria, Egypt.
• The furthest airport from Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,847 miles (19,066 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The terminal contains a duty-free shop, a franchise food court, an area dedicated for travel offices and other travel-related services, a fuel supply unit, a control tower, and a fire station available to cover emergencies on site.
• The airport has the capacity to handle 1.2 million passengers per year becoming an adequate replacement to Alexandria International Airport, which will shut down in summer 2010 for a two-year period while the airport's facilities are overhauled.
• In addition to being known as "Borg El Arab International Airport", another name for HBE is "مطار برج العرب الدولى".
• The closest airport to Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) is Alexandria International Airport (ALY), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NE of HBE.
• Because of Borg El Arab International Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Borg El Arab 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.
• In June 2009, governmental plans to develop an extension of Alexandria with an area of 390 acres located to the west of the old city were revealed.