Nonstop flight route between Lidköping, Sweden and Dijon, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK), Lidköping, Sweden and Dijon Air Base (DIJ), Dijon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 842 miles (or 1,355 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 Lidköping-Hovby Airport and Dijon Air Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK):

• The furthest airport from Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,344 miles (18,256 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Lidköping-Hovby Airport's relatively low elevation of 200 feet, planes can take off or land at Lidköping-Hovby 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 Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK) is Trollhättan–Vänersborg Airport (THN), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WSW of LDK.
• In addition to being known as "Lidköping-Hovby Airport", another name for LDK is "Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats".

Facts about Dijon Air Base (DIJ):

• Operating as a joint civilian base, it is also a commercial airport.
• In addition to the American units, The Free French Air Force operated B-26 Marauders from Dijon beginning on 11 October 1944.
• 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.
• Also in 1943, I/Luftlandgeschwader 2.
• Dijon Air Base is a Front-line French Air Force NATO air base.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Dijon Air Base (DIJ) is Dole - Jura Airport (DLE), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SE of DIJ.
• 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 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.
• The war had left the airbase that genuine ruins littered with rubble, debris, scrap metal and charred remains of airplanes.