Nonstop flight route between Dakar, Senegal and Haifa, Israel:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal and Haifa Airport (HFA), Haifa, Israel would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,509 miles (or 5,646 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 Haifa 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 Haifa 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: | HFA / LLHA |
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Location: | Haifa, Israel |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°48'33"N by 35°2'35"E |
Area Served: | Haifa, Israel |
Operator/Owner: | Israel Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 28 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HFA |
More Information: | HFA Maps & Info |
Facts about Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR):
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
- 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.
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
- It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique.
- 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".
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is an international airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
- The airport can handle jumbo jets, including the Airbus A340-600 from South African Airways, and the Boeing 777-200 from Air France.
- In addition to being known as "Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport", another name for DKR is "Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor".
- The closest airport to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
Facts about Haifa Airport (HFA):
- The furthest airport from Haifa Airport (HFA) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,620 miles (18,700 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- Because of Haifa Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Haifa 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.
- Haifa Airport (HFA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Haifa International Airport is an Israeli airport located in Haifa.
- The airport reopened for passenger traffic in 1948 with flights operated by Cyprus Airways.
- The closest airport to Haifa Airport (HFA) is Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NE of HFA.
- In addition to being known as "Haifa Airport", another name for HFA is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה חֵיפָה".