Nonstop flight route between Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia and Dover, Delaware, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dubrovnik Airport (DBV), Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia and Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,634 miles (or 7,458 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 Dubrovnik Airport and Dover Air Force Base, 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 Dubrovnik Airport and Dover Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dubrovnik Airport (DBV):

• The furthest airport from Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,691 miles (18,815 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Dubrovnik Airport's relatively low elevation of 527 feet, planes can take off or land at Dubrovnik 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.
• Dubrovnik Airport handled 1,522,629 passengers last year.
• During 1987, the most successful year in Yugoslav aviation, the airport handled 835,818 passengers on international flights and a further 586,742 on domestic services.
• "Đurovića špilja" is a pit cave located under the taxiway of Dubrovnik airport.
• In addition to being known as "Dubrovnik Airport", other names for DBV include "Čilipi Airport" and "Zračna luka Dubrovnik/Čilipi".
• The closest airport to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) is Tivat Airport (TIV), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) ESE of DBV.

Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):

• The origins of Dover Air Force Base begin in March 1941 when the United States Army Air Corps indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield and assumed jurisdiction over the municipal airport at Dover, Delaware.
• Some of the more memorable flights during the post-war period included the airdrop and test firing of a Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile and the delivery of a 40-ton superconducting magnet to Moscow during the Cold War, for which the crew received the Mackay Trophy.
• The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
• The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
• In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests.
• In 1992, with the disestablishment of Military Air Command, Dover AFB was transferred to the newly established Air Mobility Command and the 436 MAW and 512 MAW were redesignated as the 436th Airlift Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing, respectively.
• On 1 September 1946 as a result of the drawdown of United States forces after World War II, Dover Army Airfield, was placed on temporary inactive status.