Nonstop flight route between Don Muang, Bangkok, Thailand and Lorient, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), Don Muang, Bangkok, Thailand and Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT), Lorient, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,141 miles (or 9,882 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 Don Mueang International Airport and Lorient South Brittany 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 Don Mueang International Airport and Lorient South Brittany Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DMK / VTBD |
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Location: | Don Muang, Bangkok, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°54'44"N by 100°36'24"E |
Operator/Owner: | Royal Thai Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 9 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from DMK |
More Information: | DMK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LRT / LFRH |
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Location: | Lorient, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°45'38"N by 3°26'23"W |
Area Served: | Lorient, France |
Operator/Owner: | Morbihan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Fleet Air Arm |
Airport Type: | Joint Mil-Civ airfield |
Elevation: | 160 feet (49 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LRT |
More Information: | LRT Maps & Info |
Facts about Don Mueang International Airport (DMK):
- Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) has 2 runways.
- Because of Don Mueang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Don Mueang 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.
- The night of 27–28 September 2006 was the official end of operations at Don Mueang airport.
- Before the opening of Suvarnabhumi, the airport used the IATA airport code BKK and the name was spelled Don Muang.
- The furthest airport from Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Don Mueang International Airport (meaning Don Mueang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,235 miles (19,691 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
- In addition to being known as "Don Mueang International Airport", another name for DMK is "ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง".
- Don Mueang International Airport has 3 terminals.
- On 30 January 2007, the Ministry of Transport recommended temporarily reopening Don Mueang while touch up work process on some taxiways at Suvarnabhumi proceeds.
- The closest airport to Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) is Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) SSE of DMK.
- On 16 March 2012, Government of Thailand, Yingluck ordered all low-cost, chartered and non-connecting flights to relocate to Don Mueang International Airport, ending the single-airport policy.
- An RTAF golf course is located between the two runways.
Facts about Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT):
- The closest airport to Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT) is Meucon Airport (VNE), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) E of LRT.
- These units also form the airwing which is assigned to the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle".
- The airport is comparatively large, 3 km by 3 km, which is due to its being built during the Second World War to support German submarine operations from the nearby base in Lorient.
- The furthest airport from Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT) is Oamaru Airport (OAM), which is nearly antipodal to Lorient South Brittany Airport (meaning Lorient South Brittany Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Oamaru Airport), and is located 12,112 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
- Because of Lorient South Brittany Airport's relatively low elevation of 160 feet, planes can take off or land at Lorient South Brittany 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.
- Lorient South Brittany Airport (LRT) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Lorient South Brittany Airport", another name for LRT is "Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud".