Nonstop flight route between Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,611 miles (or 12,248 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 Dawadmi Domestic Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International 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 Dawadmi Domestic Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD):

• In addition to being known as "Dawadmi Domestic Airport", other names for DWD include "مطار الدوادمي المحلي", "Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz Airport", "مطار الأمير سلمان بن عبد العزيز المحلي" and "OEDM".
• The furthest airport from Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Dawadmi Domestic Airport (meaning Dawadmi Domestic Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,323 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) is Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ), which is located 130 miles (209 kilometers) N of DWD.
• The airport lies in the Najd some 30 km west of the town center of Dawadmi.

Facts about Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY):

• At an average of 4.5 feet above sea level, MSY is the 2nd lowest-lying international airport in the world, behind only Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands, which is eleven feet below sea level.
• Because of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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.
• British Airways operated nonstop service to London and Mexico City in the early 1980s with the Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar which was the long range version of the widebody trijet.
• The closest airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Lakefront Airport (NEW), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of MSY.
• On November 16, 1959 National Airlines Flight 967, a Douglas DC-7 flying from Tampa to New Orleans crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
• Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,905 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• For years Delta Air Lines carried more passengers into and out of New Orleans than any other airline.
• In addition to being known as "Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport", another name for MSY is "Moisant Field".
• A number of airlines scheduled large passenger jets into New Orleans in the past.