Nonstop flight route between Dawei, Myanmar (Burma) and Dakar, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dawei Airport (TVY), Dawei, Myanmar (Burma) and Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,611 miles (or 12,249 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 Dawei Airport and Léopold Sédar Senghor 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 Dawei Airport and Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Dawei Airport (TVY):

• Dawei Airport (TVY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Dawei Airport (TVY) is Myeik Airport (MGZ), which is located 118 miles (190 kilometers) SSE of TVY.
• Because of Dawei Airport's relatively low elevation of 84 feet, planes can take off or land at Dawei 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 furthest airport from Dawei Airport (TVY) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Dawei Airport (meaning Dawei Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,090 miles (19,458 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.

Facts about Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR):

• Because of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Léopold Sédar Senghor 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.
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
• Before the introduction of long-range jets in the mid-1970s, it used to be an important stopover point for the routes between Europe and South America, together with the Canary Islands.
• During World War II, Dakar Airport was a key link in the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Natal-Dakar air route, which provided a transoceanic link between Brazil and French West Africa after 1942.
• Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kirakira Airport (IRA), which is nearly antipodal to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (meaning Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kirakira Airport), and is located 12,138 miles (19,533 kilometers) away in Kirakira, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.
• Construction of a replacement airport 45 km inland from Léopold Sédar Senghor began in 2007.
• The airport has often been used as a stopover on flights between North America and Southern Africa.
• The closest airport to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
• In addition to being known as "Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport", another name for DKR is "Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor".