Nonstop flight route between Dover, Delaware, United States and Quetta, Pakistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States and Quetta International Airport (UET), Quetta, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,069 miles (or 11,376 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 Quetta 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 Dover Air Force Base and Quetta 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 Dover Air Force Base (DOV):

• * Base put on temporary inactive status, September 1, 1946 – August 1, 1950.
• It is also home to the Air Mobility Command Museum.
• The origins of Dover Air Force Base begin in March 1941 when the United States Army Air Corps indicated a need for the airfield as a training airfield and assumed jurisdiction over the municipal airport at Dover, Delaware.
• 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.
• Dover Airfield was reactivated on 1 August 1950 as a result of the Korean War and the expansion of the United States Air Force in response to the Soviet threat in the Cold War.
• 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".
• 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 Quetta International Airport (UET):

• Because of Quetta International Airport's high elevation of 5,267 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UET. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UET a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Quetta International Airport (UET) is Kabul International Airport (KDH), which is located 109 miles (175 kilometers) NW of UET.
• The airport is linked to local cities as well as central hubs domestically by several airlines.
• The airport like many airports in pre-independence days were mainly a small airstrip offering air operations on behalf of the British Empire.
• The furthest airport from Quetta International Airport (UET) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Quetta International Airport (meaning Quetta International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,131 miles (19,522 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Quetta International Airport", another name for UET is "کوئٹہ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا ; د کوټی نړیوال هوایی ډګر".
• Quetta International Airport (UET) has 2 runways.