Nonstop flight route between Keflavík (near Reykjavík), Iceland and Dédougou, Burkina Faso:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Keflavík International Airport (KEF), Keflavík (near Reykjavík), Iceland and Dédougou Airport (DGU), Dédougou, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,678 miles (or 5,919 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 Keflavík International Airport and Dédougou 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 Keflavík International Airport and Dédougou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Keflavík International Airport (KEF):

• Because of Keflavík International Airport's relatively low elevation of 171 feet, planes can take off or land at Keflavík 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.
• The closest airport to Keflavík International Airport (KEF) is Reykjavík Airport (RKV), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of KEF.
• Keflavík Airport only handles international flights, domestic flights and flights to Greenland and the Faroe Islands are operated from Reykjavík's domestic airport.
• In addition to being known as "Keflavík International Airport", another name for KEF is "Keflavíkurflugvöllur".
• With the re-construction of the military base at Keflavík during the 1950s, the air terminal found itself positioned in the middle of the base.
• During the war the airport complex only served military purposes, but at war's end it became a refueling stop for the quickly developing international civil aviation crossing the Atlantic.
• On 21 July 2013, a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner, prototype aircraft 97005, made a belly landing during a test flight.
• Keflavík International Airport (KEF) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,188 miles (18,005 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.

Facts about Dédougou Airport (DGU):

• Dédougou Airport (DGU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Dédougou Airport's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Dédougou 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 closest airport to Dédougou Airport (DGU) is Nouna Airport (XNU), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of DGU.
• The furthest airport from Dédougou Airport (DGU) is Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), which is nearly antipodal to Dédougou Airport (meaning Dédougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yasawa Island Airport), and is located 12,132 miles (19,524 kilometers) away in Yasawa Island, Fiji.
• In addition to being known as "Dédougou Airport", another name for DGU is "Dédougou Airport (Dédougou)".