Nonstop flight route between Grootfontein, Namibia and Raglan Mines, Quebec, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Grootfontein Airport (GFY), Grootfontein, Namibia and Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport (YAU), Raglan Mines, Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,452 miles (or 11,992 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 Grootfontein Airport and Kattiniq/Donaldson 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 Grootfontein Airport and Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GFY / FYGF |
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Location: | Grootfontein, Namibia |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°36'6"S by 18°7'20"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4636 feet (1,413 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GFY |
More Information: | GFY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YAU / |
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Location: | Raglan Mines, Quebec, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 61°39'43"N by 73°19'17"W |
Operator/Owner: | Xstrata Nickel - Mine Raglan |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 1902 feet (580 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YAU |
More Information: | YAU Maps & Info |
Facts about Grootfontein Airport (GFY):
- In addition to being known as "Grootfontein Airport", another name for GFY is "Grootfontein Airport".
- Because of Grootfontein Airport's high elevation of 4,636 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GFY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GFY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Grootfontein Airport (GFY) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Grootfontein Airport (meaning Grootfontein Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,222 miles (19,669 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
- Grootfontein Airport (GFY) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Grootfontein Airport (GFY) is Halali Airport (HAL), which is located 115 miles (186 kilometers) WNW of GFY.
Facts about Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport (YAU):
- Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport (YAU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport (YAU) is Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay) Airport (YWB), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) E of YAU.
- The furthest airport from Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport (YAU) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,527 miles (16,942 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport", another name for YAU is "CTP9".