Nonstop flight route between Dammam, Saudi Arabia and Ipswich, England:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between King Fahd International Airport (DMM), Dammam, Saudi Arabia and Ipswich Airport (IPW), Ipswich, England would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,061 miles (or 4,927 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 King Fahd International Airport and Ipswich 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 King Fahd International Airport and Ipswich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about King Fahd International Airport (DMM):

• Dammam airport used to allow smoking throughout the airport, with most seats having ash trays built into the arm rest.
• In addition to being known as "King Fahd International Airport", other names for DMM include "Dammam Airport" and "مطار الملك فهد الدولي".
• The terminal has six stories, three of which are allocated for passenger processing.
• King Fahd International Airport handled 7,000,000 passengers last year.
• A road for ground support equipment runs along the western side of the central terminal.
• The furthest airport from King Fahd International Airport (DMM) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to King Fahd International Airport (meaning King Fahd International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,061 miles (19,411 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• The two-story air cargo building is constructed on an area of 39,500 m² and has a capacity of 94,000 metric tons of incoming and outgoing cargo.
• The closest airport to King Fahd International Airport (DMM) is King Abdulaziz Air Base (DHA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ESE of DMM.
• King Fahd International Airport, is the world's largest airport in terms of land area located 20 kilometers northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
• Because of King Fahd International Airport's relatively low elevation of 72 feet, planes can take off or land at King Fahd 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.
• King Fahd International Airport (DMM) has 2 runways.
• Design started in 1976.
• Several sources, such as the Guinness World Record mention this airport as the largest in the world, with 780 square kilometers.

Facts about Ipswich Airport (IPW):

• The airfield was delicensed and ceased to be registered by the Civil Aviation Authority on 31 December 1996.
• The furthest airport from Ipswich Airport (IPW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,859 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Ipswich Airport's relatively low elevation of 128 feet, planes can take off or land at Ipswich 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 Ipswich Airport (IPW) is RAF Honington USAAF Station 375 (BEQ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of IPW.
• Ipswich Airport (IPW) has 2 runways.
• The terminal building was designed by Hening and Chitty in 1938 and Grade 2 listed in 1996.