Nonstop flight route between Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia and Richard Toll, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Falalop Airfield (ULI), Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia and Richard Toll Airport (RDT), Richard Toll, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,955 miles (or 16,021 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 Falalop Airfield and Richard Toll 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 Falalop Airfield and Richard Toll Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Falalop Airfield (ULI):

• The furthest airport from Falalop Airfield (ULI) is Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (PNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Falalop Airfield (meaning Falalop Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Petrolina–Senador Nilo Coelho Airport), and is located 12,385 miles (19,931 kilometers) away in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Falalop Airfield (ULI) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) WSW of ULI.
• Marine Air Group 45 deployed to Falalop in late September to establish base operations.
• Units stationed at Falalop included VMD-354 operating photo-reconnaissance F4Us and VMF-542 operating F6F-3N night-fighters.
• The airfield remains in use today.

Facts about Richard Toll Airport (RDT):

• The closest airport to Richard Toll Airport (RDT) is Podor Airport (POD), which is located 49 miles (78 kilometers) ENE of RDT.
• The furthest airport from Richard Toll Airport (RDT) is Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON), which is nearly antipodal to Richard Toll Airport (meaning Richard Toll Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santo-Pekoa International Airport), and is located 12,235 miles (19,690 kilometers) away in Luganville, Vanuatu.
• Because of Richard Toll Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Richard Toll 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.