Nonstop flight route between Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Dirico, Angola:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Darwin International Airport (DRW), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Dirico Airport (DRC), Dirico, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,231 miles (or 11,637 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 Dirico 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 Dirico 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 | 
| Airport Names: | 
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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: | DRC / | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Dirico, Angola | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°58'53"S by 20°45'58"E | 
| Area Served: | Dirico | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 3400 feet (1,036 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from DRC | 
| More Information: | DRC Maps & Info | 
Facts about Darwin International Airport (DRW):
- In addition to being known as "Darwin International Airport", another name for DRW is "RAAF Base Darwin".
- The closest airport to Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Bathurst Island Airport (BRT), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NNW of DRW.
- Darwin International Airport handled 1,743,734 passengers last year.
- In 1945 the Department of Aviation made the existing Darwin military airfield available for civil aviation purpose.
- 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 airport is located in Darwin, Northern Territory's northern suburbs, 13 km from the Darwin city centre, in the suburb of Marrara.
- On 8 November 2007 it was announced that it had reached agreements for a $100 million home and lifestyle centre in Darwin Airports Business Park, which will be developed by retail developer Ticor Developments.
- Darwin International Airport (DRW) has 2 runways.
- Darwin – Sydney route included from May 2012, prior data not shown.
- 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.
- During the 2009–10 financial year there was a total of 1,569,007 passengers which consisted of 207,825 international passengers and 1,361,182 domestic passengers, up 2.0%.
Facts about Dirico Airport (DRC):
- The closest airport to Dirico Airport (DRC) is Rundu Airport (NDU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) W of DRC.
- In addition to being known as "Dirico Airport", another name for DRC is "Dirico Airport (Dirico)".
- 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.




