Nonstop flight route between Dali, Yunnan, China and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dali Airport (DLU), Dali, Yunnan, China and The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,708 miles (or 12,404 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 Dali Airport and The Eastern Iowa 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 Dali Airport and The Eastern Iowa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DLU / ZPDL |
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Location: | Dali, Yunnan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°39'3"N by 100°19'5"E |
Area Served: | Dali, Yunnan, China |
Operator/Owner: | Yunnan Airport Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7050 feet (2,149 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DLU |
More Information: | DLU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CID / KCID |
Airport Name: | The Eastern Iowa Airport |
Location: | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°53'4"N by 91°42'38"W |
Area Served: | Cedar Rapids / Iowa City |
Operator/Owner: | City of Cedar Rapids |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 869 feet (265 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CID |
More Information: | CID Maps & Info |
Facts about Dali Airport (DLU):
- Dali Airport handled 274,486 passengers last year.
- Dali Airport (DLU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Dali Airport's high elevation of 7,050 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DLU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DLU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Dali Airport (DLU) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
- The closest airport to Dali Airport (DLU) is Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG), which is located 71 miles (115 kilometers) N of DLU.
- In addition to being known as "Dali Airport", other names for DLU include "大理机场" and "Dàlǐ Jīchǎng".
Facts about The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID):
- Because of The Eastern Iowa Airport's relatively low elevation of 869 feet, planes can take off or land at The Eastern Iowa 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 Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SSE of CID.
- On 25 August 2009 the number of destinations dropped to nine.
- Scheduled airline traffic shares the Eastern Iowa Airport with cargo and general aviation traffic.
- The furthest airport from The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,883 miles (17,515 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.