Nonstop flight route between Dover, Delaware, United States and Chingola, Zambia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States and Kasompe Airport (CGJ), Chingola, Zambia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,476 miles (or 12,031 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 Dover Air Force Base and Kasompe 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 Dover Air Force Base and Kasompe Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):

• Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base located 2 miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.
• The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
• In 1992, with the disestablishment of Military Air Command, Dover AFB was transferred to the newly established Air Mobility Command and the 436 MAW and 512 MAW were redesignated as the 436th Airlift Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing, respectively.
• It is also home to the Air Mobility Command Museum.
• On April 1, 1952, Dover was transferred to the Military Air Transport Service and became home to 1607th Air Transport Wing.
• In March 1989, C-5s from Dover delivered special equipment used to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.
• The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
• Once the airport came under military control an immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield.
• In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests.

Facts about Kasompe Airport (CGJ):

• In addition to being known as "Kasompe Airport", another name for CGJ is "FLKE".
• The closest airport to Kasompe Airport (CGJ) is Southdowns Airport (KIW), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) SE of CGJ.
• The furthest airport from Kasompe Airport (CGJ) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,906 miles (19,160 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• Because of Kasompe Airport's high elevation of 4,636 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CGJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CGJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Kasompe Airport (CGJ) currently has only 1 runway.