Nonstop flight route between Dakar, Senegal and Lakeview, Oregon, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal and Lake County Airport (LKV), Lakeview, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,176 miles (or 9,940 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 Lake County 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 Lake County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR):

• The closest airport to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
• 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.
• 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 handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
• Before the introduction of long-range jets in the mid-1970s, it used to be an important stopover point for the routes between Europe and South America, together with the Canary Islands.
• The airport is also home to the French Air Force's Dakar-Ouakam Air Base.
• 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.
• The head office of Sénégal Airlines is located on the airport property.
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.

Facts about Lake County Airport (LKV):

• Lake County Airport (LKV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Lake County Airport covers an area of 1,000 acres which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 5,306 x 100 ft.
• The closest airport to Lake County Airport (LKV) is Crater Lake- Klamath Regional Airport (LMT), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) W of LKV.
• Because of Lake County Airport's high elevation of 4,733 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LKV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LKV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Lake County Airport (LKV) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,051 miles (17,785 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.