Nonstop flight route between Dover, Delaware, United States and Summit, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States and Summit Airport (UMM), Summit, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,355 miles (or 5,399 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 Dover Air Force Base and Summit 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 Dover Air Force Base and Summit Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DOV / KDOV |
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Location: | Dover, Delaware, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°7'41"N by 75°27'52"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DOV |
More Information: | DOV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UMM / PAST |
Airport Name: | Summit Airport |
Location: | Summit, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 63°19'53"N by 149°7'37"W |
Area Served: | Summit, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2409 feet (734 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UMM |
More Information: | UMM Maps & Info |
Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):
- In 1944 the Air Technical Service Command chose Dover as a site to engineer, develop, and conduct classified air-launched rocket tests.
- The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
- The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- On April 1, 1952, Dover was transferred to the Military Air Transport Service and became home to 1607th Air Transport Wing.
- Construction of Municipal Airport, Dover Airdrome began in March 1941 and the facility was opened on December 17, 1941.
- Some of the more memorable flights during the post-war period included the airdrop and test firing of a Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile and the delivery of a 40-ton superconducting magnet to Moscow during the Cold War, for which the crew received the Mackay Trophy.
- In 1992, with the disestablishment of Military Air Command, Dover AFB was transferred to the newly established Air Mobility Command and the 436 MAW and 512 MAW were redesignated as the 436th Airlift Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing, respectively.
- Once the airport came under military control an immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield.
- In March 1989, C-5s from Dover delivered special equipment used to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.
- In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
Facts about Summit Airport (UMM):
- The furthest airport from Summit Airport (UMM) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,397 miles (16,732 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Summit Airport (UMM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Summit Airport (UMM) is McKinley National Park Airport (MCL), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) NNE of UMM.