Nonstop flight route between Sveg, Sweden and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sveg Airport (EVG), Sveg, Sweden and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,699 miles (or 4,344 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 Sveg 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 Sveg 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: | EVG / ESND |
Airport Name: | Sveg Airport |
Location: | Sveg, Sweden |
GPS Coordinates: | 62°2'52"N by 14°25'22"E |
Operator/Owner: | Härjedalen Municipality |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1178 feet (359 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EVG |
More Information: | EVG 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 Sveg Airport (EVG):
- The closest airport to Sveg Airport (EVG) is Mora–Siljan Airport (MXX), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) S of EVG.
- The furthest airport from Sveg Airport (EVG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,102 miles (17,867 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Sveg Airport (EVG) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):
- Following the war, the RCAF handed operation of the airfield back to the dominion government in March 1946, although the RCN's radio station remained and the military role for the entire facility was upgraded through the Cold War.
- The Royal Canadian Navy also established Naval Radio Station Gander at the airfield, using the station as a listening post to detect the transmissions and location of enemy submarines and warships.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- With the advent of jets with longer range in the 1960s most flights no longer needed to refuel.
- Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.