Nonstop flight route between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Tampere / Pirkkala, Finland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP), Tampere / Pirkkala, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,127 miles (or 8,251 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 Tampere–Pirkkala 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 Tampere–Pirkkala 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/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW):

• The terminals at DFW are semicircular and built around the airport's central north-south arterial road, Spur 97, also known as "International Parkway." Until the late 1990s, they were designated by a number and a letter suffix.
• DFW is located in the cities of Irving, Euless, Grapevine, and Coppell, between the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport handled 60,470,507 passengers last year.
• Terminal D, built for international flights, and Skylink, a modern bidirectional people mover system, opened in 2005.
• Under the original 1967 airport design, DFW was to have pier-shaped terminals perpendicular to a central highway.
• 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.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has 7 runways.
• 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.
• The joint airport proposal was revisited in 1961 after the FAA refused to invest more money in separate Dallas and Fort Worth airports.
• American Airlines and its regional affiliate American Eagle have a large presence at Dallas/Fort Worth.
• 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.
• American Airlines operates all the gates at Terminal C, originally called "Terminal 3E," for only domestic flights.

Facts about Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP):

• Tampere–Pirkkala Airport is located in Pirkkala, 7 NM south-west of Tampere city centre.
• Because of Tampere–Pirkkala Airport's relatively low elevation of 390 feet, planes can take off or land at Tampere–Pirkkala 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.
• Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä located some 6 kilometres from the centre of Tampere.
• The closest airport to Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP) is Halli Airport (KEV), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) NE of TMP.
• Low-cost Onnibus expressbus service to Helsinki and Turku leave from Pirkkala ABC gas station, located about 4 km north from the airport, near the intersection of road 308 and road 3/E12.
• Tampere–Pirkkala Airport handled 466,671 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,971 miles (17,656 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport is also home to the Satakunta Air Command base of the Finnish Air Force, with F-18 Hornets stationed there.
• In addition to being known as "Tampere–Pirkkala Airport", another name for TMP is "Tampere-Pirkkalan lentoasema".
• Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP) currently has only 1 runway.