Nonstop flight route between Saltillo, Mexico and Canefield, Dominica:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW), Saltillo, Mexico and Canefield Airport (DCF), Canefield, Dominica would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,644 miles (or 4,255 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 Plan de Guadalupe International Airport and Canefield 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 Plan de Guadalupe International Airport and Canefield Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLW / MMIO |
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Location: | Saltillo, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°32'57"N by 100°55'42"W |
Area Served: | Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | Administradora Coahuilense de Infraestructura y Transporte Aéreo |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4778 feet (1,456 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SLW |
More Information: | SLW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DCF / TDCF |
Airport Name: | Canefield Airport |
Location: | Canefield, Dominica |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°20'12"N by 61°23'31"W |
Area Served: | Roseau |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DCF |
More Information: | DCF Maps & Info |
Facts about Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW):
- The airport resides at an elevation of 4,778 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Plan de Guadalupe International Airport's high elevation of 4,778 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,359 miles (18,281 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In addition to being known as "Plan de Guadalupe International Airport", another name for SLW is "Aeropuerto Internacional Plan de Guadalupe".
- Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) is General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) ENE of SLW.
Facts about Canefield Airport (DCF):
- Construction began in early 1979 with British funding, shortly after Dominica's independence.
- The furthest airport from Canefield Airport (DCF) is Broome International Airport (BME), which is nearly antipodal to Canefield Airport (meaning Canefield Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Broome International Airport), and is located 12,137 miles (19,532 kilometers) away in Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
- Canefield Airport (DCF) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Canefield Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Canefield 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 Canefield Airport (DCF) is Melville Hall Airport (DOM), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) NNE of DCF.