Nonstop flight route between Dobo, Wamar Island, Indonesia and Funafuti, Tuvalu:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dobo Airport (DOB), Dobo, Wamar Island, Indonesia and Funafuti International Airport (FUN), Funafuti, Tuvalu would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,088 miles (or 4,970 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 Dobo Airport and Funafuti International 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 Dobo Airport and Funafuti International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dobo Airport (DOB):

• In addition to being known as "Dobo Airport", another name for DOB is "Bandar Udara Dobo".
• The closest airport to Dobo Airport (DOB) is Benjina-Nangasuri Airport (BJK), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) SSE of DOB.
• The furthest airport from Dobo Airport (DOB) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,980 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.

Facts about Funafuti International Airport (FUN):

• The military airfield included an airstrip, control tower, facilities and radio station at Tepuka, connected by cable to the airfield.
• Because of Funafuti International Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Funafuti 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.
• Funafuti International Airport (FUN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is at an elevation of 9 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Funafuti International Airport (FUN) is Tamale Airport (TML), which is nearly antipodal to Funafuti International Airport (meaning Funafuti International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tamale Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana.
• The closest airport to Funafuti International Airport (FUN) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is located 440 miles (708 kilometers) NNW of FUN.
• The runway was originally constructed using coral aggregate and has a sub-base layer of 8 cm thick coral gravel, surfaced with a 1–2 cm asphalt chip seal.