Nonstop flight route between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Bordeaux / Mérignac, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD), Bordeaux / Mérignac, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,940 miles (or 7,950 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/Fort Worth International Airport and Bordeaux-Mérignac 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/Fort Worth International Airport and Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DFW / KDFW |
| Airport Name: | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport |
| Location: | Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°53'48"N by 97°2'17"W |
| Area Served: | Dallas–Fort Worth |
| Operator/Owner: | City of DallasCity of Fort Worth |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 607 feet (185 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 7 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DFW |
| More Information: | DFW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOD / LFBD |
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| Location: | Bordeaux / Mérignac, France |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°49'41"N by 0°42'56"W |
| Area Served: | Bordeaux, France |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 162 feet (49 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BOD |
| More Information: | BOD Maps & Info |
Facts about Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW):
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has five terminals totaling 165 gates.
- The joint airport proposal was revisited in 1961 after the FAA refused to invest more money in separate Dallas and Fort Worth airports.
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport handled 60,470,507 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,926 miles (17,583 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- This terminal was originally called "Terminal 2W" when the airport first opened.
- American Airlines and its regional affiliate American Eagle have a large presence at Dallas/Fort Worth.
- Under the original 1967 airport design, DFW was to have pier-shaped terminals perpendicular to a central highway.
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has 7 runways.
- The closest airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is Dallas Love Field (DAL), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of DFW.
- Because of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Dallas/Fort Worth 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.
Facts about Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD):
- After the war Air France resumed commercial operations out of Mérignac and the re-established French Air Force returned to use the facility.
- Because of Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at Bordeaux-Mérignac 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 accessible by car via the A630 autoroute.
- The closest airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is La Teste-de-Buch Airport (XAC), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) SW of BOD.
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport", another name for BOD is "Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac".
- Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport handled 457,435 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (meaning Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,215 miles (19,658 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In 1951 Mérignac was turned over to NATO for use by the United States Air Force.
