Nonstop flight route between Dali, Yunnan, China and Kandahar, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dali Airport (DLU), Dali, Yunnan, China and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,121 miles (or 3,414 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 relatively short distance between Dali Airport and Kabul International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | KDH / OAKN | 
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| Location: | Kandahar, Afghanistan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°30'25"N by 65°51'1"E | 
| Area Served: | Southern Afghanistan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan | 
| Airport Type: | Public/Military | 
| Elevation: | 3330 feet (1,015 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KDH | 
| More Information: | KDH Maps & Info | 
Facts about Dali Airport (DLU):
- In addition to being known as "Dali Airport", other names for DLU include "大理机场" and "Dàlǐ Jīchǎng".
 - Dali Airport (DLU) currently has only 1 runway.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - Dali Airport handled 274,486 passengers last year.
 - The closest airport to Dali Airport (DLU) is Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG), which is located 71 miles (115 kilometers) N of DLU.
 
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):
- Fighting in the Kandahar area was particularly intense.
 - In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
 - A perimeter was quickly secured around the terminal building and airstrip, and initially all troops worked and lived in and around the main terminal building itself.
 - Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
 - With the closure of Camp Julien in Kabul in November 2005, most of the Canadian Forces personnel in Afghanistan were transferred to Kandahar province.
 - The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
 
