Nonstop flight route between Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Damascus, Syria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States and Damascus International Airport (DAM), Damascus, Syria would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,931 miles (or 11,155 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Damascus International 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 Salt Lake City International Airport and Damascus International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC):

• The airport has free Wi-Fi internet access.
• Salt Lake City International Airport handled 20,102,078 passengers last year.
• Charles Lindbergh visited Woodward Field in 1927 drawing many spectators to see The Spirit of St.
• The closest airport to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Skypark Airport (BTF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of SLC.
• In 1911 a site for an air field was chosen on Basque Flats, named for Spanish-French sheep herders who worked the fields in the then-desolate area of the Salt Lake Valley.
• Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines have scheduled flights to cities in Canada, Mexico, and France.
• The furthest airport from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has 4 runways.
• Because of Salt Lake City International Airport's high elevation of 4,227 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• A new terminal was needed and work began on the west side of the airport on Terminal 1, designed by Brazier Montmorency Hayes & Talbot and dedicated in 1960 after seven years of work and a cost of $8 million.
• SkyWest Airlines opened a new maintenance and training facility at the airport in 2001 where the company has its largest maintenance base.

Facts about Damascus International Airport (DAM):

• The closest airport to Damascus International Airport (DAM) is Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) WSW of DAM.
• Damascus International Airport (DAM) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Damascus International Airport (DAM) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,553 miles (18,592 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Several airlines such as Emirates and Egypt Air with regular service to Damascus have canceled their flights to Damascus.
• Damascus International Airport handled 5,500,000 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Damascus International Airport", another name for DAM is "مطار دمشق الدولي".