Nonstop flight route between Del Rio, Texas, United States and Melville Hall (near Roseau), Dominica:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States and Melville Hall Airport (DOM), Melville Hall (near Roseau), Dominica would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,680 miles (or 4,312 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Melville Hall 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Melville Hall Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• Laughlin Air Force Base is a facility of the United States Air Force located in Del Rio, Texas.
• The residential area of the base is a census-designated place, with a population of 1,569 at the 2010 census.
• The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Laughlin AFB is served by the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District.
• The median income for a household on the base was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $38,625.
• The Air Force transferred jurisdiction of the base to the Strategic Air Command on April 1, 1957 and the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moved there from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia.
• The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
• There were 651 households out of which 56.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.8% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.3% were non-families.

Facts about Melville Hall Airport (DOM):

• The airport houses the Dominica Outstation of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority.
• The furthest airport from Melville Hall Airport (DOM) is Broome International Airport (BME), which is nearly antipodal to Melville Hall Airport (meaning Melville Hall Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Broome International Airport), and is located 12,150 miles (19,554 kilometers) away in Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Melville Hall area was chosen as the site for Dominica's main airport in 1944, for it was the only place on the island with extensive flat land.
• Melville Hall Airport (DOM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Melville Hall Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Melville Hall 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 closest airport to Melville Hall Airport (DOM) is Canefield Airport (DCF), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) SSW of DOM.