Nonstop flight route between Muğla, Turkey and West Chicago, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dalaman International Airport (DLM), Muğla, Turkey and DuPage Airport (DPA), West Chicago, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,710 miles (or 9,189 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 Dalaman International Airport and DuPage 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 Dalaman International Airport and DuPage Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dalaman International Airport (DLM):

• The closest airport to Dalaman International Airport (DLM) is Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" (RHO), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) WSW of DLM.
• Dalaman Airport is an international airport and one of three serving south-west Turkey, the others being Milas-Bodrum Airport and Antalya Airport.
• The furthest airport from Dalaman International Airport (DLM) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,450 miles (18,427 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• ATM Dalaman International Terminal has been awarded the ISO 9001 Quality Certificate, the ISO 14001 Environment Certificate, the TS 13001 HACCP Food Safety Certificate and the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Certificate.
• Dalaman International Airport (DLM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Dalaman International Airport", another name for DLM is "Dalaman Havalimanı".
• Because of Dalaman International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Dalaman 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.
• Check-in and departures are based on the upper two levels, with arrivals using the lower two levels.

Facts about DuPage Airport (DPA):

• The closest airport to DuPage Airport (DPA) is Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of DPA.
• DuPage Airport (DPA) has 4 runways.
• Because of DuPage Airport's relatively low elevation of 759 feet, planes can take off or land at DuPage 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 DuPage Airport (DPA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,056 miles (17,792 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In June 2010, the board of the DuPage National Technology Park, an 800-acre technology park that secured a $34 million state grant called for the dissolution of their organization.
• The airport grew from 900 acres in 1985 to 2,800 acres by 1992, with the goal of maintaining control of all the property surrounding the runway complex.
• DuPage Airport also serves as the headquarters for Illinois Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
• DuPage Airport is a general aviation airport located 29 miles west of downtown Chicago in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois.
• However, planners learned a lesson from the plight of the beleaguered, land-locked Midway Airport.