Nonstop flight route between Canefield, Dominica and Biak, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Canefield Airport (DCF), Canefield, Dominica and Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), Biak, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,894 miles (or 17,533 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 Canefield Airport and Frans Kaisiepo 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 Canefield Airport and Frans Kaisiepo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Canefield Airport (DCF):

• Canefield Airport, is the airport serving Roseau, Dominica.
• Construction began in early 1979 with British funding, shortly after Dominica's independence.
• Canefield Airport (DCF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Take Air operates a Czech built Let 410 from Martinique to Canefield.
• Because of Canefield Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Canefield 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 furthest airport from Canefield Airport (DCF) is Broome International Airport (BME), which is nearly antipodal to Canefield Airport (meaning Canefield Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Broome International Airport), and is located 12,137 miles (19,532 kilometers) away in Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Canefield Airport (DCF) is Melville Hall Airport (DOM), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NNE of DCF.

Facts about Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK):

• Because of Frans Kaisiepo Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Frans Kaisiepo 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 furthest airport from Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), which is nearly antipodal to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (meaning Frans Kaisiepo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in São Luís, Brazil.
• At first phase, the airport was revamped to accommodate piston airliners such as the Douglas DC-3.
• Frans Kaisiepo Airport handled 366 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Kornasoren Airport (FOO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) WNW of BIK.
• Mokmer Airfield is located to the west of Mokmer village on Biak, parallel to the coastline and the Japen Straight and is the only one of the three currently used as an airport, now called Frans Kaisiepo International Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Frans Kaisiepo Airport", another name for BIK is "Bandara Frans Kaisiepo".
• Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 1 May 1963, the airport was given over once again from UNTEA to the government of Indonesia.