Nonstop flight route between Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire and Duxford, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dimbokro Airport (DIM), Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire and Duxford Aerodrome (QFO), Duxford, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,151 miles (or 5,071 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 Dimbokro Airport and Duxford Aerodrome, 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 Dimbokro Airport and Duxford Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dimbokro Airport (DIM):

• The furthest airport from Dimbokro Airport (DIM) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Dimbokro Airport (meaning Dimbokro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,544 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• The closest airport to Dimbokro Airport (DIM) is Yamoussoukro Airport (ASK), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) WNW of DIM.
• Because of Dimbokro Airport's relatively low elevation of 344 feet, planes can take off or land at Dimbokro 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.
• Dimbokro Airport (DIM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Duxford Aerodrome (QFO):

• In addition to being known as "Duxford Aerodrome", other names for QFO include "Royal Air Force Station Duxford" and "USAAF Station 357".
• Because of Duxford Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Duxford Aerodrome 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.
• Duxford Aerodrome (QFO) has 2 runways.
• The air echelon moved to Oujda, French Morocco during January–February 1943.
• On 9 September the Duxford squadrons successfully intercepted and turned back a large force of German bombers before they reached their target.
• The furthest airport from Duxford Aerodrome (QFO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,843 miles (19,060 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The 78th Fighter Group received a Distinguished Unit Citation for activities connected with Operation Market-Garden, the airborne attack on the Netherlands, in September 1944 when the group covered troop carrier and bombardment operations and carried out strafing and dive-bombing missions.
• In 1936 Flight Lieutenant Frank Whittle, who was studying at Cambridge University, flew regularly from Duxford as a member of the Cambridge University Air Squadron.
• The closest airport to Duxford Aerodrome (QFO) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNE of QFO.
• Duxford airfield dates to 1918 when many of the buildings were constructed by German prisoner-of-war labour.
• Duxford Aerodrome is located 8 nautical miles south of Cambridge, within the Parish of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England and nearly 1-mile west of the village.