Nonstop flight route between Poplar Hill, Ontario, Canada and Dakar, Senegal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Poplar Hill Airport (YHP), Poplar Hill, Ontario, Canada and Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR), Dakar, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,859 miles (or 7,819 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 Poplar Hill 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 Poplar Hill Airport and Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YHP / CYHP |
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| Location: | Poplar Hill, Ontario, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°6'47"N by 94°15'20"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Ontario |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1095 feet (334 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YHP |
| More Information: | YHP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DKR / GOOY |
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| Location: | Dakar, Senegal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 14°44'21"N by 17°29'23"W |
| Area Served: | Dakar |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DKR |
| More Information: | DKR Maps & Info |
Facts about Poplar Hill Airport (YHP):
- The closest airport to Poplar Hill Airport (YHP) is Pikangikum Airport (YPM), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) SSE of YHP.
- In addition to being known as "Poplar Hill Airport", another name for YHP is "CPV7".
- Poplar Hill Airport (YHP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Poplar Hill Airport (YHP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,516 miles (16,925 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR):
- The airport has often been used as a stopover on flights between North America and Southern Africa.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) is Kaolack Airport (KLC), which is located 105 miles (168 kilometers) ESE of DKR.
- 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.
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport", another name for DKR is "Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor".
- It used to be one of the five main hubs of the now defunct multi-national airline, Air Afrique.
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is an international airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
- In 2007, Patrick Smith, author of the Ask the Pilot column for Salon.com, called it the "World's Worst Airport", commenting that he found there "only squalor, an unnerving sense of confinement and to some extent danger".
- Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport handled 1,500,000 passengers last year.
