Nonstop flight route between Dover, Delaware, United States and Nioro, Mali:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States and Nioro Airport (NIX), Nioro, Mali would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,274 miles (or 6,879 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 Nioro 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 Nioro 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):

• 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".
• 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 8 April 1943, the name of the airfield was changed to Dover Army Air Base.
• * Was a subbase of Camp Springs AAF, Maryland, June 6, 1943 – April 15, 1944.
• Full operational capability was restored to Dover in September, and seven P-47 Thunderbolt squadrons arrived for training in preparation for eventual involvement in the European Theater.
• 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.
• Dover AFB is home to the 436th Airlift Wing of the Air Mobility Command, known as the "Eagle Wing", and the AMC-gained 512th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, referred to as the "Liberty Wing".
• On April 1, 1952, Dover was transferred to the Military Air Transport Service and became home to 1607th Air Transport Wing.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.

Facts about Nioro Airport (NIX):

• The furthest airport from Nioro Airport (NIX) is Sara Airport (SSR), which is nearly antipodal to Nioro Airport (meaning Nioro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sara Airport), and is located 12,285 miles (19,770 kilometers) away in Sara, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Nioro Airport (NIX) is Yélimané Airport (EYL), which is located 67 miles (107 kilometers) W of NIX.