Nonstop flight route between Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Canouan Airport (CIW), Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,534 miles (or 4,077 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 Canouan Airport and Gander 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 Canouan Airport and Gander International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Canouan Airport (CIW):

• Canouan Airport (CIW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Canouan Airport (CIW) is Union Island Airport (UNI), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) SW of CIW.
• Because of Canouan Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Canouan 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 Canouan Airport (CIW) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Canouan Airport (meaning Canouan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,200 miles (19,633 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):

• Following Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, the government renamed the airport Gander Airport and it came under the administration of Canada's federal Department of Transport.
• Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• To honour the people of Gander and Halifax for their support during the operation, Lufthansa named a new Airbus A340-300 "Gander/Halifax" on May 16, 2002.
• On September 11, 2001, with United States airspace closed due to the terrorist attacks, Gander International played host to 39 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon.
• Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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 Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.