# Distance from Dakar (DKR) to Sovetskaya Gavan (GVN)

> 12,596 km · estimated flight time 16h · Ultra-long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 12,596 km / 7,827 mi / 6,802 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 16h
- **Heading**: 16° (north northeast)
- **Return heading**: 336° (north northwest)
- **Classification**: Ultra-long-haul
- **Type**: International (Senegal) → Russia
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → Europe
- **Time difference**: +10h (When it's 17:11 in Dakar, it's 03:11 in Sovetskaya Gavan)
- **Elevation difference**: 683 ft (GVN is higher than DKR)

## Airports

### [Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport (DKR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/dkr-dakar-leopold-sedar-senghor-international-airport/1ef266de-e8f6-601a-8453-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Dakar, Senegal
- ICAO: GOOY
- Timezone: Africa/Dakar
- Coordinates: 14.740000, -17.490000
- Elevation: 85 ft

### [Maygatka Airport. (GVN)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/gvn-sovetskaya-gavan-maygatka-airport/1ef266df-e59b-654a-860a-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Sovetskaya Gavan, Russia
- ICAO: UHKM
- Timezone: Asia/Vladivostok
- Coordinates: 48.930000, 140.030000
- Elevation: 768 ft

## Route notes

This is an ultra-long-haul route, one of the longest in aviation. It requires wide-body aircraft with extended range capability such as the Airbus A350-900ULR or Boeing 777-200LR. Passengers should prepare for an extended flight with multiple meal services.

Time-zone information: When it's 17:11 in Dakar, it's 03:11 in Sovetskaya Gavan.
With a 10-hour time difference, expect significant jet lag.

## Related

- [Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport (DKR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/dkr-dakar-leopold-sedar-senghor-international-airport/1ef266de-e8f6-601a-8453-06bb2780ed98)
- [Maygatka Airport. (GVN)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/gvn-sovetskaya-gavan-maygatka-airport/1ef266df-e59b-654a-860a-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)