Nonstop flight route between Dakar, Senegal and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal and Gettysburg Regional Airport (GTY), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,976 miles (or 6,398 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 Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport and Gettysburg Regional 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 Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport and Gettysburg Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DKR / GOOY |
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Location: | Dakar, Senegal |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°44'21"N by 17°29'23"W |
Area Served: | Dakar |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DKR |
More Information: | DKR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GTY / |
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Location: | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°50'26"N by 77°16'27"W |
Operator/Owner: | Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 590 feet (180 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GTY |
More Information: | GTY Maps & Info |
Facts about Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR):
- In addition to being known as "Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport", another name for DKR is "Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor".
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
- In 2007, Patrick Smith, author of the Ask the Pilot column for Salon.com, called it the "World's Worst Airport", commenting that he found there "only squalor, an unnerving sense of confinement and to some extent danger".
- It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique.
- The closest airport to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
- Because of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Léopold Sédar Senghor 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 furthest airport from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (meaning Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,138 miles (19,533 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
Facts about Gettysburg Regional Airport (GTY):
- The closest airport to Gettysburg Regional Airport (GTY) is York Airport (THV), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) ENE of GTY.
- Because of Gettysburg Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 590 feet, planes can take off or land at Gettysburg Regional 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 Gettysburg Regional Airport (GTY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,641 miles (18,735 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Gettysburg Regional Airport (GTY) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Gettysburg Regional Airport", another name for GTY is "W05".