Nonstop flight route between Dover, Delaware, United States and Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States and Lae Airport (LML), Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,281 miles (or 11,717 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 Lae 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 Lae Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DOV / KDOV |
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Location: | Dover, Delaware, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°7'41"N by 75°27'52"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DOV |
More Information: | DOV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LML / |
Airport Name: | Lae Airport |
Location: | Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°55'18"N by 166°15'56"E |
Area Served: | Lae, Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from LML |
More Information: | LML Maps & Info |
Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):
- On April 1, 1952, Dover was transferred to the Military Air Transport Service and became home to 1607th Air Transport Wing.
- 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.
- 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.
- It is also home to the Air Mobility Command Museum.
- On 8 April 1943, the name of the airfield was changed to Dover Army Air Base.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
- Construction of Municipal Airport, Dover Airdrome began in March 1941 and the facility was opened on December 17, 1941.
- Some of the more memorable flights during the post-war period included the airdrop and test firing of a Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile and the delivery of a 40-ton superconducting magnet to Moscow during the Cold War, for which the crew received the Mackay Trophy.
Facts about Lae Airport (LML):
- The furthest airport from Lae Airport (LML) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Lae Airport (meaning Lae Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,357 miles (19,887 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- The closest airport to Lae Airport (LML) is Ujae Airport (UJE), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of LML.