Nonstop flight route between Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia and El Arish, Egypt:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO), Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia and El Arish International Airport (AAC), El Arish, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,660 miles (or 13,937 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 Dubbo City Regional Airport and El Arish 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 Dubbo City Regional Airport and El Arish 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 Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO):

• Because of Dubbo City Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 935 feet, planes can take off or land at Dubbo City Regional 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.
• Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) is Mudgee Airport (DGE), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) ESE of DBO.
• The furthest airport from Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is located 11,975 miles (19,272 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• In February 2013, Dubbo City Council announced that it would screen all passengers and bags boarding Regional Express and QantasLink aircraft, after QantasLink announced it would introduce the Dash-8 Q400 to the route.
• In addition to being known as "Dubbo City Regional Airport", another name for DBO is "Dubbo City Airport".
• The Mayor of Dubbo, Mathew Dickerson, stated that the council wouldn't back down on the screenings and also stating that "I don't want to be the mayor when a Dubbo plane hits the Harbour Bridge because passengers were not screened".
• Airplanes began landing in Dubbo in the 1920s, though it wasn't until 1935 that land was purchased for an official airport.
• Dubbo City Regional Airport, is a regional airport serving Dubbo, a city in the Australian state of New South Wales.
• Dubbo Airport was ranked 36th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.

Facts about El Arish International Airport (AAC):

• The furthest airport from El Arish International Airport (AAC) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,759 miles (18,925 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• El Arish International Airport (AAC) currently has only 1 runway.
• El Arish International Airport handled 15,166 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to El Arish International Airport (AAC) is Yasser Arafat International Airport (CLOSED) (GZA), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) ENE of AAC.
• It is the closest airport to the Gaza Strip and borders Egypt but despite it was not recognized by Egyptian civil aviation.
• In addition to being known as "El Arish International Airport", another name for AAC is "مطار العريش الدولي".
• The airport is home to Palestinian Airlines.
• Because of El Arish International Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at El Arish 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.