Nonstop flight route between Maribor, Slovenia and Dover, Delaware, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), Maribor, Slovenia and Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,384 miles (or 7,056 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 Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport and Dover Air Force 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 Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport and Dover Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX):

• The closest airport to Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) is Graz Airport (GRZ), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NNW of MBX.
• The furthest airport from Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,818 miles (19,019 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport", another name for MBX is "Letališče Edvarda Rusjana Maribor".
• When Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia, the airport was regularly served by state airline JAT, connecting mainly Belgrade and the Croatian Adriatic coast.
• Because of Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport's relatively low elevation of 876 feet, planes can take off or land at Maribor Edvard Rusjan 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.

Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):

• On 8 April 1943, the name of the airfield was changed to Dover Army Air Base.
• In March 1989, C-5s from Dover delivered special equipment used to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.
• On 1 September 1946 as a result of the drawdown of United States forces after World War II, Dover Army Airfield, was placed on temporary inactive status.
• Dover Airfield was reactivated on 1 August 1950 as a result of the Korean War and the expansion of the United States Air Force in response to the Soviet threat in the Cold War.
• Dover AFB is also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime.
• In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
• The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
• References for history introduction, major commands and major units
• The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.