Nonstop flight route between Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and Dover, Delaware, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dipolog Airport (DPL), Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines and Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,925 miles (or 14,364 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 Dipolog Airport and Dover Air Force Base, 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 Dipolog Airport and Dover Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dipolog Airport (DPL):

• The airport has one terminal and a 150-meter by 100-meter apron.
• In addition to being known as "Dipolog Airport", another name for DPL is "Paliparan ng Dipolog".
• The closest airport to Dipolog Airport (DPL) is Labo Airport (OZC), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SE of DPL.
• The original terminal was made of composite wood material located at the northern side of the runway near the Philippine Constabulary Camp, now Camp Hamac in Sicayab.
• Dipolog Airport handled 165,163 passengers last year.
• The Dipolog Airport upgrading project was part of The 1997 Third Airport Development Project, a six-airport package which was supposed to be funded by the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, and the Philippine government with its counterpart fund.
• During the incumbency of Matias C.
• In July 2006, Cebu Pacific launched non-stop service to Manila utilizing an Airbus A319 with a seating capacity of 150 passengers.
• The furthest airport from Dipolog Airport (DPL) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Dipolog Airport (meaning Dipolog Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,341 miles (19,862 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• Dipolog Airport (DPL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Dipolog Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Dipolog Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The airport's commercial viability for growth was established as more flights were mounted by Philippine Airlines prompting the national government to introduce further development.

Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):

• In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests.
• Construction of Municipal Airport, Dover Airdrome began in March 1941 and the facility was opened on December 17, 1941.
• 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.
• During Desert Shield, the wing flew approximately 17,000 flying hours and airlifted a total of 131,275 tons of cargo in support of combat operations to free the Kingdom of Kuwait.
• 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.