Nonstop flight route between Doha, Qatar and El Fasher, Sudan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD), Doha, Qatar and El Fashir Airport (ELF), El Fasher, Sudan would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,866 miles (or 3,003 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 relatively short distance between Al-Udeid Air Base and El Fashir Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD):

• The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 authorizes $117 million in FY2010 spending to build new Air Force recreational, dormitory, and other facilities at Al Udeid.
• Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Qatar invested over $US1 billion to construct the Al Udeid air base south of Doha during the 1990s.
• With its small territory and narrow population base, Qatar relies to a large degree on external cooperation and support for its security.
• The furthest airport from Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Al-Udeid Air Base (meaning Al-Udeid Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Following Australia's formal withdraw of forces from Iraq and to upon Afghanistan in 2008, the air bridge for operations in the Middle East was re-located to Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.
• The closest airport to Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) is Hamad International Airport (DOH), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) ENE of IUD.
• Because of Al-Udeid Air Base's relatively low elevation of 130 feet, planes can take off or land at Al-Udeid 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 "Al-Udeid Air Base", other names for IUD include "قاعدة العديد الجوية" and "XJD".

Facts about El Fashir Airport (ELF):

• The furthest airport from El Fashir Airport (ELF) is Maupiti Airport (MAU), which is nearly antipodal to El Fashir Airport (meaning El Fashir Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maupiti Airport), and is located 12,184 miles (19,608 kilometers) away in Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia.
• El Fashir Airport (ELF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to El Fashir Airport (ELF) is Nyala Airport (UYL), which is located 111 miles (178 kilometers) SSW of ELF.