Nonstop flight route between Douglas, Arizona, United States and Beauvais, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL), Douglas, Arizona, United States and Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA), Beauvais, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,459 miles (or 8,785 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 Douglas Municipal Airport and Beauvais–Tillé 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 Douglas Municipal Airport and Beauvais–Tillé Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL):

• The Air Training Command maintained the former Douglas Air Field on temporary inactive status starting on October 31, 1945.
• Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) has 2 runways.
• The ranges included a machine gun range with 10 targets, a pistol range with 24 targets, and a skeet range with two units.
• The furthest airport from Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,522 miles (18,542 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) is Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of DGL.
• Arizona State Prison at nearby Bisbee-Douglas International Airport.
• Construction began on Douglas Municipal Airport in June 1942 for the United States Army Air Forces.
• The 1943 photo of Douglas Army Airfield looks like Bisbee-Douglas International Airport, not the current Douglas Municipal Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Douglas Municipal Airport", another name for DGL is "Douglas Army Airfield".
• In 1949-50, the base administration building was remodeled to serve as an airline terminal building.
• Because of Douglas Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,173 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DGL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DGL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Douglas Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Douglas, a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

Facts about Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA):

• The furthest airport from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (meaning Beauvais–Tillé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,041 miles (19,378 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Beauvais–Tillé Airport", another name for BVA is "Aéroport de Beauvais-TilléAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-61/B-42".
• There are also many minibus and shuttle services that can bring you to Paris or Disneyland Park which are popular destinations for passengers arriving at Beauvais Tillé.
• Beauvais–Tillé Airport handled 386,256 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) is Amiens - Glisy Aerodrome (QAM), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNE of BVA.
• In 1950 the Air Ministry offered to provide the wartime air base to NATO as part of the Cold War development of the alliance.
• Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) has 2 runways.
• Because of Beauvais–Tillé Airport's relatively low elevation of 359 feet, planes can take off or land at Beauvais–Tillé 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.
• Beauvais was used as a Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation.