Nonstop flight route between Efogi, Papua New Guinea and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Efogi Airport (EFG), Efogi, Papua New Guinea and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,402 miles (or 15,131 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 Efogi 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 Efogi Airport and Gander 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: | EFG / AYEF |
Airport Name: | Efogi Airport |
Location: | Efogi, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°9'20"S by 147°39'35"E |
Elevation: | 3800 feet (1,158 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EFG |
More Information: | EFG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQX / CYQX |
Airport Name: | Gander International Airport |
Location: | Gander, Newfoundland, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°56'12"N by 54°34'5"W |
Area Served: | Gander, Newfoundland |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 496 feet (151 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQX |
More Information: | YQX Maps & Info |
Facts about Efogi Airport (EFG):
- The furthest airport from Efogi Airport (EFG) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,775 miles (18,949 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
- The closest airport to Efogi Airport (EFG) is Haelogo Airport (HEO), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) WNW of EFG.
- Efogi Airport (EFG) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):
- In late-1985, Gander was the site of the Arrow Air Flight 1285 disaster, in which a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 with 256 people on board crashed during takeoff due to atmospheric icing.
- 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.
- Gander is near the great circle route between cities of the U.S.
- In March 2010, Sun Country Airlines announced that it would use Gander as a refueling stop for its new summer 2010 service between Minneapolis and London Stansted Airport and for its summer 2011 service between Minneapolis and London Gatwick Airport.
- Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.