Nonstop flight route between Dover, Delaware, United States and Dazhou, Sichuan, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States and Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX), Dazhou, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,579 miles (or 12,197 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 Dazhou Heshi 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 Dazhou Heshi 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):

• The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
• By 2008, the air traffic tower serving the airfield, built in 1955, was the oldest such tower in use in the United States Air Force.
• On 1 September 1946 as a result of the drawdown of United States forces after World War II, Dover Army Airfield, was placed on temporary inactive status.
• Construction of Municipal Airport, Dover Airdrome began in March 1941 and the facility was opened on December 17, 1941.
• 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.
• * Was a subbase of Camp Springs AAF, Maryland, June 6, 1943 – April 15, 1944.
• In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests.
• When war broke out between Israel and the combine forces of Egypt and Syria on October 13, 1973 the 436 MAW responded with a 32-day airlift that delivered 22,305 tons of munitions and military equipment to Israel.
• Once the airport came under military control an immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield.
• In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".

Facts about Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX):

• The closest airport to Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX) is Liangping Airport (LIA), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) SE of DAX.
• The furthest airport from Dazhou Heshi Airport (DAX) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is nearly antipodal to Dazhou Heshi Airport (meaning Dazhou Heshi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Florida Airport), and is located 12,320 miles (19,827 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.