Nonstop flight route between Dublin, Ireland and Modesto, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dublin Airport (DUB), Dublin, Ireland and Modesto City-County Airport (MOD), Modesto, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,041 miles (or 8,112 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 Modesto City-County 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 Modesto City-County 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):

• The DAA has its own branch of the Airport Police Service which is mandated to provide aviation and general policing at the airport.
• The DAA has ambitious long-haul expansion plans and has successfully added new routes to North America and the Middle East in recent years.
• Dublin Airport (DUB) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• Dublin Airport is one of only two airports in Ireland with United States border preclearance services for US-bound passengers.
• In addition to being known as "Dublin Airport", another name for DUB is "Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath".
• 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.
• The closest airport to Dublin Airport (DUB) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) SW of DUB.
• Aer Lingus has announced two new year round service between Dublin and San Francisco and Dublin and Toronto.
• Upon the outbreak of World War II, services were severely restricted at Dublin Airport until late 1945 and the only international scheduled route operated during this time was by Aer Lingus to Liverpool.

Facts about Modesto City-County Airport (MOD):

• In addition to being known as "Modesto City-County Airport", other names for MOD include "Harry Sham Field" and "Modesto Auxiliary Airfield".
• Because of Modesto City-County Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at Modesto City-County 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.
• Modesto City-County Airport (MOD) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Modesto City-County Airport (MOD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Modesto City-County Airport (MOD) is NASA Crows Landing Airport (NRC), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MOD.
• In mid-2006 United Express/SkyWest Airlines added four flights a day to/from LAX and a flight to SFO to total 5 flights a day to San Francisco.
• On October 12, 1991 the Modesto City Council and Stanislaus Board of Supervisors rededicated the remodeled passenger terminal that was enlarged to 8,900 square feet.
• Scheduled passenger flights started in 1946 when United Airlines opened its new terminal and began the Valley Queen service.
• Modesto City-County Airport was the nation's first municipally-owned airport, opening for general aviation operation in 1918.