Nonstop flight route between Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain and Valcartier, Québec, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fuerteventura Airport (FUE), Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain and Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport (YOY), Valcartier, Québec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,315 miles (or 5,335 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 Fuerteventura Airport and Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport, 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 Fuerteventura Airport and Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fuerteventura Airport (FUE):

• Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) has 2 runways.
• Because of Fuerteventura Airport's relatively low elevation of 86 feet, planes can take off or land at Fuerteventura 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 Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) is Lanzarote Airport (ACE), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NNE of FUE.
• In addition to being known as "Fuerteventura Airport", another name for FUE is "Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura".
• The furthest airport from Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) is Norfolk Island Airport (NLK), which is nearly antipodal to Fuerteventura Airport (meaning Fuerteventura Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Norfolk Island Airport), and is located 12,320 miles (19,828 kilometers) away in Norfolk Island, Australia.
• Fuerteventura Airport handled 4,259,341 passengers last year.

Facts about Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport (YOY):

• CFB Valcartier was originally erected as a military training camp in August 1914 as part of the mobilization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the onset of World War I.
• The furthest airport from Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport (YOY) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,480 miles (18,475 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport", other names for YOY include "2nd Canadian Division Support Base, Valcartier" and "Base des Forces canadiennes Valcartier".
• The site was also used as an internment camp for "enemy aliens", mainly eastern Europeans.
• The closest airport to Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport (YOY) is Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SE of YOY.
• ASU Valcartier is also home of the Army Cadet Summer Training Centre Valcartier, which trains Royal Canadian Army Cadets of the Eastern Region / Province of Quebec.
• Currently, Valcartier Garrison is home to 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.
• In 1997 a cancer-causing chemical, trichloroethylene, was found in the water supply of CFB Valcartier and the nearby town of Shannon, Quebec.
• Because of Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport's relatively low elevation of 550 feet, planes can take off or land at Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport 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.