Nonstop flight route between Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia and Sioux City, Iowa, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD), Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia and Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), Sioux City, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,176 miles (or 11,549 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 Sioux Gateway 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 Sioux Gateway 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.
• 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.
• Dawadmi Domestic Airport (DWD) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX):

• The furthest airport from Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,641 miles (17,125 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Sioux City Army Air Base closed in December 1945, but in September 1946 the airfield was opened by the Air Force Reserve.
• Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) has 2 runways.
• The construction of Sioux City Army Air Base began in March 1942, about three months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• In the year ending November 30, 2012 the airport had 18,258 aircraft operations, an average of 50 per day.
• The closest airport to Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is Le Mars Municipal Airport (LRJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of SUX.
• In June 2011 work was completed on a $6.2 million remodeling of the 58-year-old terminal building.
• Sioux Gateway Airport covers 2,460 acres at an elevation of 1,098 feet above mean sea level.
• The airport is owned and operated by the City of Sioux City and governed by a seven member Airport Board of Trustees.
• In July 2011, Delta Air Lines told the United States Department of Transportation that a weak economy and lower seat demand would force the company to reduce flights to several smaller communities including Sioux City unless it received assistance from the federal government.
• In addition to being known as "Sioux Gateway Airport", another name for SUX is "Colonel Bud Day Field".