Nonstop flight route between Dublin, Ireland and Nema, Mauritania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dublin Airport (DUB), Dublin, Ireland and Néma Airport (EMN), Nema, Mauritania would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,543 miles (or 4,093 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 Dublin Airport and Néma 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 Dublin Airport and Néma Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dublin Airport (DUB):

• Because of Dublin Airport's relatively low elevation of 242 feet, planes can take off or land at Dublin 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 September 2011, Emirates announced that from 9 January 2012 it would begin a new daily direct service to Dubai, which will be year-round and will operate from the new Terminal 2.
• In 1993, a major milestone for the airport was the signing of a new United States – Ireland bilateral agreement which allowed airlines to operate some direct transatlantic services for the first time to/from Dublin Airport instead of touching down en route at Shannon Airport on the west coast of Ireland.
• Throughout the 1950s Dublin Airport expanded with virtually uninterrupted traffic growth.
• Dublin Airport (DUB) has 2 runways.
• The DAA has ambitious long-haul expansion plans and has successfully added new routes to North America and the Middle East in recent years.
• The closest airport to Dublin Airport (DUB) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) SW of DUB.
• The airport saw significant declines in traffic in 2009 and 2010, although since 2011 the airport has seen an uptick in traffic.
• In 2005 Gulf Air launched a direct route to Bahrain in the Middle East.
• As the largest gateway to Ireland, over 21.1 million passengers travelled through the airport in 2006, a 2.7 million increase over 2005.
• During the 1980s, major competition, especially on the Dublin–London routes, resulted in passenger numbers swelling to 5.1 million in 1989.
• In addition to being known as "Dublin Airport", another name for DUB is "Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath".
• Dublin Airport handled 20,166,783 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Dublin Airport (DUB) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,922 miles (19,187 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.

Facts about Néma Airport (EMN):

• The furthest airport from Néma Airport (EMN) is Futuna Airport (FTA), which is nearly antipodal to Néma Airport (meaning Néma Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Futuna Airport), and is located 12,180 miles (19,602 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Taféa, Vanuatu.
• The closest airport to Néma Airport (EMN) is Timbedra Airport (TMD), which is located 62 miles (101 kilometers) WSW of EMN.
• Because of Néma Airport's relatively low elevation of 758 feet, planes can take off or land at Néma 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.
• Néma Airport (EMN) currently has only 1 runway.