Nonstop flight route between Fullerton, California, United States and Dakar, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fullerton Municipal Airport (FUL), Fullerton, California, United States and Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,236 miles (or 10,035 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 Fullerton Municipal Airport and Léopold Sédar Senghor 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 Fullerton Municipal Airport and Léopold Sédar Senghor 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 Fullerton Municipal Airport (FUL):

• Because of Fullerton Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Fullerton Municipal 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 control tower, built with Federal Aviation Administration funds in 1959, was the first in Orange County.
• Its control tower handles an average of 262 operations per day.
• The California Highway Patrol, Anaheim Police Department, and Orange County Fire Authority maintain helicopters on the airfield.
• Fullerton Municipal Airport (FUL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fullerton Municipal Airport (FUL) is Long Beach Airport (JLB), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) WSW of FUL.
• The furthest airport from Fullerton Municipal Airport (FUL) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,481 miles (18,477 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The airport is located in the southwestern corner of Fullerton on Commonwealth Avenue, northeast of the junction of the Santa Ana and Riverside Freeways.
• Fullerton Municipal Airport, owned and operated by the City of Fullerton, is the last strictly general aviation airfield still operating in Orange County, California.

Facts about Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR):

• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is an international airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
• The closest airport to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
• Because of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Léopold Sédar Senghor 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.
• Construction of a replacement airport 45 km inland from Léopold Sédar Senghor began in 2007.
• The airport has often been used as a stopover on flights between North America and Southern Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport", another name for DKR is "Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor".
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (meaning Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,138 miles (19,533 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
• During World War II, Dakar Airport was a key link in the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Natal-Dakar air route, which provided a transoceanic link between Brazil and French West Africa after 1942.