Nonstop flight route between Escanaba, Michigan, United States and Baghdad, Iraq:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Delta County Airport (ESC), Escanaba, Michigan, United States and Baghdad International Airport (SDA), Baghdad, Iraq would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,190 miles (or 9,962 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 Delta County Airport and Baghdad 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 Delta County Airport and Baghdad International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Delta County Airport (ESC):

• Because of Delta County Airport's relatively low elevation of 609 feet, planes can take off or land at Delta 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.
• Delta County Airport (ESC) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Delta County Airport (ESC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,013 miles (17,723 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,307 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 6,925 enplanements in 2009, and 9,246 in 2010.
• A Republic F-84F is on display at the entrance.
• The closest airport to Delta County Airport (ESC) is Sawyer International Airport (MQT), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NNW of ESC.
• Delta County Airport is a county owned, public use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Escanaba, a city in Delta County, Michigan, United States.

Facts about Baghdad International Airport (SDA):

• Most of Baghdad's civil flights stopped in 1991, when the United Nations imposed restrictions on Iraq after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.
• The closest airport to Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Baghdad International Airport (BGW), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SDA.
• The furthest airport from Baghdad International Airport (SDA) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,732 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Because of Baghdad International Airport's relatively low elevation of 114 feet, planes can take off or land at Baghdad 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.
• Baghdad International Airport (SDA) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Baghdad International Airport", other names for SDA include "مطار بغداد الدولي", "Matar Baġdād ad-Dowaly" and "BGW".
• Civilian control of the airport was returned to the Iraqi Government in 2004.