Nonstop flight route between Dublin, Ireland and Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dublin Airport (DUB), Dublin, Ireland and Takoradi Airport (TKD), Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,362 miles (or 5,411 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 Takoradi 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 Takoradi 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):

• In 2005 Gulf Air launched a direct route to Bahrain in the Middle East.
• The closest airport to Dublin Airport (DUB) is Kilkenny Airport (KKY), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) SW of DUB.
• On 24 October 2012, American Airlines announced a new year-round service to New York-JFK beginning 13 June 2013.
• Dublin Airport is one of only two airports in Ireland with United States border preclearance services for US-bound passengers.
• In 1936 the Government of Ireland established a new civil airline, Aer Lingus, which began operating from the military aerodrome, Casement Aerodrome, at Baldonnel to the southwest of Dublin.
• Dublin Airport handled 20,166,783 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Dublin Airport", another name for DUB is "Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath".
• 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.
• The airport saw significant declines in traffic in 2009 and 2010, although since 2011 the airport has seen an uptick in traffic.
• In October 2004, Aer Rianta was renamed as the Dublin Airport Authority plc, following the State Airports Act 2004.
• 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.
• Planning is currently under way for a new air traffic control complex and control tower which will replace the existing structure.
• Aer Lingus has announced two new year round service between Dublin and San Francisco and Dublin and Toronto.
• 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.
• 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 1983 Aer Lingus opened its 'Aer Lingus Commuter' division which took delivery of Shorts, Saab AB, and Fokker turboprop aircraft to open regular daily domestic services to and from Ireland's smaller regional airports for the first time, as well as to serve existing routes to smaller regional airports in the United Kingdom.

Facts about Takoradi Airport (TKD):

• The closest airport to Takoradi Airport (TKD) is Aboisso Airport (ABO), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) WNW of TKD.
• Takoradi Airport (TKD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Takoradi Airport (TKD) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is nearly antipodal to Takoradi Airport (meaning Takoradi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arorae Island Airport), and is located 12,251 miles (19,716 kilometers) away in Arorae Island, Kiribati.
• Because of Takoradi Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Takoradi 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.