Nonstop flight route between Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Casablanca, Morocco:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Darwin International Airport (DRW), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), Casablanca, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,451 miles (or 15,210 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 Darwin International Airport and Mohammed V 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 Darwin International Airport and Mohammed V International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DRW / YPDN |
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| Location: | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 12°24'52"S by 130°52'36"E |
| Area Served: | Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Operator/Owner: | Darwin International Airport Pty Ltd (DIA) / RAAF Darwin |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 103 feet (31 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DRW |
| More Information: | DRW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CMN / GMMN |
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| Location: | Casablanca, Morocco |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°22'1"N by 7°35'22"W |
| Area Served: | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Operator/Owner: | ONDA |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 656 feet (200 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CMN |
| More Information: | CMN Maps & Info |
Facts about Darwin International Airport (DRW):
- Darwin International Airport (DRW) has 2 runways.
- Because of Darwin International Airport's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Darwin International 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.
- Darwin International Airport handled 1,743,734 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,867 miles (19,099 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
- The closest airport to Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Bathurst Island Airport (BRT), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NNW of DRW.
- In 1945 the Department of Aviation made the existing Darwin military airfield available for civil aviation purpose.
- Commercial passenger aircraft most commonly seen at Darwin International Airport include Airbus A319, A320 and A330, Boeing 717, 737 and 767, Beechcraft 1900, Fokker 100, de Havilland Canada Dash 7, Bombardier Dash 8, Embraer E170, Embraer E190 and Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia.
- It frequently took hits from Japanese bombing through the Second World War, and was used by the Allies to project air power into the Pacific.
- 2012 and 2013 saw a major boost for Darwin Airport when foreign carriers Silk Air, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippine Airlines and Malaysia Airlines started direct flights to Singapore, Bali, Manila and Kuala Lumpur.
- In addition to being known as "Darwin International Airport", another name for DRW is "RAAF Base Darwin".
- During 2008–09 financial year a total of 1,538,938 passengers passed through Darwin International Airport which consisted of 188,530 international passengers and 1,350,408 domestic passengers.
Facts about Mohammed V International Airport (CMN):
- Because of Mohammed V International Airport's relatively low elevation of 656 feet, planes can take off or land at Mohammed V International 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.
- In addition to being known as "Mohammed V International Airport", other names for CMN include "Aéroport international Mohammed V" and "مطار محمد الخامس الدولي".
- In addition to its transport mission, the airfield supported the North African Campaign with the Twelfth Air Force 68th Reconnaissance Group operating photo-recon versions of the P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang from the airfield.
- The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was originally built by the United States in early 1943 during World War II as an auxiliary airfield for Casablanca's Anfa Airport and was named Berrechid Airfield.
- Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) has 2 runways.
- Even today, most locals still refer to the airport simply as "Nouasseur", this comes from the name of the suburb where it is located.
- The closest airport to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) is Casablanca–Anfa Airport (CAS), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NNW of CMN.
- Mohammed V International Airport handled 7,245,508 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) is Kaitaia Airport (KAT), which is nearly antipodal to Mohammed V International Airport (meaning Mohammed V International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kaitaia Airport), and is located 12,309 miles (19,809 kilometers) away in Kaitaia, New Zealand.
