Nonstop flight route between Humacao, Puerto Rico, United States and Dijon, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Humacao Airport (HUC), Humacao, Puerto Rico, United States and Dijon Air Base (DIJ), Dijon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,416 miles (or 7,106 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 Humacao Airport and Dijon Air Base, 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 Humacao Airport and Dijon Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Humacao Airport (HUC):

• Humacao Airport is a public use airport owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Humacao, a city in Puerto Rico.
• The furthest airport from Humacao Airport (HUC) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Humacao Airport (meaning Humacao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,233 miles (19,686 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• Humacao Airport (HUC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Humacao Airport covers an area of 14 acres at an elevation of 33 ft above mean sea level.
• Because of Humacao Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Humacao 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 addition to being known as "Humacao Airport", another name for HUC is "X63".
• The closest airport to Humacao Airport (HUC) is Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NE of HUC.

Facts about Dijon Air Base (DIJ):

• The furthest airport from Dijon Air Base (DIJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Dijon Air Base (meaning Dijon Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,186 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• During World War II the airport was attacked by the Luftwaffe on several occasions during the Battle of France.
• With the Allied ground forces advancing into the Dijon area, the Germans evacuated the base on 10 September 1944.
• However after much reconstruction, Dijon was returned to operational service for the French Air Force.
• Because of Dijon Air Base's relatively low elevation of 726 feet, planes can take off or land at Dijon Air Base 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 addition to being known as "Dijon Air Base", another name for DIJ is "(Advanced Landing Ground Y-9)".
• Dijon Air Base (DIJ) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Dijon Air Base (DIJ) is Dole - Jura Airport (DLE), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SE of DIJ.
• The first operational Luftwaffe unit to take up residence at Dijon was IV/KG 55 "Greiff", in February 1941, consisting of three squadrons numbers 10, 11 and 12, equipped with 12 Heinkel 111 bombers each.