Nonstop flight route between Flores Island, Azores, Portugal and Dillon's Bay, Erromango, Taféa, Vanuatu:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Flores Airport (FLW), Flores Island, Azores, Portugal and Dillon's Bay Airport (DLY), Dillon's Bay, Erromango, Taféa, Vanuatu would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,570 miles (or 17,010 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 Flores Airport and Dillon's Bay 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 Flores Airport and Dillon's Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FLW / LPFL |
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Location: | Flores Island, Azores, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°27'29"N by 31°7'55"W |
Area Served: | Santa Cruz das Flores |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Portugal |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 108 feet (33 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FLW |
More Information: | FLW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DLY / NVVD |
Airport Name: | Dillon's Bay Airport |
Location: | Dillon's Bay, Erromango, Taféa, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°46'9"S by 169°0'5"E |
Area Served: | Erromango, Taféa, Vanuatu |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 538 feet (164 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from DLY |
More Information: | DLY Maps & Info |
Facts about Flores Airport (FLW):
- Flores Airport is a regional airport on the island of Flores in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
- Flores Airport handled 45,122 passengers last year.
- On 11 January 2013, a tender was issued by ANA Aeroportos to improve the accessbility within the airport, with installation of lifts, escalators and mechanical walkways, to be installed within the intervening five years.
- The closest airport to Flores Airport (FLW) is Corvo Airport (CVU), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) N of FLW.
- The furthest airport from Flores Airport (FLW) is Flinders Island Airport (FLS), which is nearly antipodal to Flores Airport (meaning Flores Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flinders Island Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
- Because of Flores Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Flores 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.
- Flores Airport (FLW) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Flores Airport", another name for FLW is "Aeroporto das Flores".
Facts about Dillon's Bay Airport (DLY):
- Because of Dillon's Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 538 feet, planes can take off or land at Dillon's Bay 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 Dillon's Bay Airport (DLY) is Tidjikja Airport (TIY), which is nearly antipodal to Dillon's Bay Airport (meaning Dillon's Bay Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tidjikja Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Tidjikja, Mauritania.
- The closest airport to Dillon's Bay Airport (DLY) is Ipota Airport (IPA), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) ESE of DLY.