Nonstop flight route between Dirico, Angola and Warsaw, Poland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dirico Airport (DRC), Dirico, Angola and Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), Warsaw, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,847 miles (or 7,800 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 Dirico Airport and Warsaw Chopin 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 Dirico Airport and Warsaw Chopin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dirico Airport (DRC):

• In addition to being known as "Dirico Airport", another name for DRC is "Dirico Airport (Dirico)".
• The closest airport to Dirico Airport (DRC) is Rundu Airport (NDU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) W of DRC.
• Dirico Airport (DRC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Dirico Airport (DRC) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Dirico Airport (meaning Dirico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,196 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW):

• Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) has 2 runways.
• On 25 November 2013, the airport announced accommodating – for the first time in history – its 10 millionth passenger in a single year.
• Between 20:00 and 04:00 hours, Runway 15/33 is used, weather and technical considerations permitting.
• In addition to being known as "Warsaw Chopin Airport", another name for WAW is "Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie".
• The furthest airport from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• With the building finished in 1933, the new modernist premises of the Warsaw airport cost the State Treasury around 10 million Zloty.
• In 1924, when urban development around Warsaw's aerodrome at Mokotów Fields began affecting air traffic, the Ministry of Railways purchased land near the village of Okęcie to construct a new airport.
• The closest airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of WAW.
• This new terminal, featuring the check-in areas C, D and E, became fully operational on 12 March 2008, two years after the originally planned opening date.
• Warsaw Chopin Airport handled 10,683,706 passengers last year.
• By the end of the 1940s, the airport had been reconnected with most of Poland's most important cities and a number of international services, including those to Belgrade, Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, Brussels, Copenhagen, Prague and Stockholm.
• Because of Warsaw Chopin Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Warsaw Chopin 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.