Nonstop flight route between Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Parakou, Benin:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dortmund Airport (DTM), Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Parakou Airport (PKO), Parakou, Benin would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,927 miles (or 4,710 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 Dortmund Airport and Parakou 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 Dortmund Airport and Parakou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DTM / EDLW | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°31'5"N by 7°36'43"E | 
| Area Served: | Dortmund and the eastern Rhine-Ruhr area, Germany | 
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Dortmund GmbH | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 425 feet (130 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from DTM | 
| More Information: | DTM Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PKO / DBBP | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Parakou, Benin | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'25"N by 2°36'33"E | 
| Area Served: | Parakou | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1289 feet (393 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from PKO | 
| More Information: | PKO Maps & Info | 
Facts about Dortmund Airport (DTM):
- Dortmund Airport (DTM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The first mass carrier at Dortmund Airport was Air Berlin, which began flights to London, Milan, and Vienna in 2002, supplementing its leisure routes to the Mediterranean.
- In addition to being known as "Dortmund Airport", another name for DTM is "Flughafen Dortmund".
- The closest airport to Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) WSW of DTM.
- The furthest airport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,872 miles (19,106 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Dortmund Airport's relatively low elevation of 425 feet, planes can take off or land at Dortmund 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.
- Dortmund Airport, is a minor international airport located 10 km east of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Facts about Parakou Airport (PKO):
- In addition to being known as "Parakou Airport", another name for PKO is "Parakou Airport (Parakou)".
- The furthest airport from Parakou Airport (PKO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Parakou Airport (meaning Parakou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,197 miles (19,629 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
- The closest airport to Parakou Airport (PKO) is Djougou Airport (DJA), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of PKO.
- Parakou Airport (PKO) currently has only 1 runway.




