Nonstop flight route between Mulatupo, Panamá and Suffield, Alberta, Canada:
Departure Airport:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mulatupo Airport (MPP), Mulatupo, Panamá and CFB Suffield (YSD), Suffield, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,436 miles (or 5,529 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 Mulatupo Airport and CFB Suffield, 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 Mulatupo Airport and CFB Suffield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MPP / |
Airport Name: | Mulatupo Airport |
Location: | Mulatupo, Panamá |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°56'43"N by 77°43'59"W |
Area Served: | Mulatupo, Guna Yala, Panama |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 105 feet (32 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MPP |
More Information: | MPP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YSD / CYSD |
Airport Name: | CFB Suffield |
Location: | Suffield, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°16'23"N by 111°10'29"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 2525 feet (770 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YSD |
More Information: | YSD Maps & Info |
Facts about Mulatupo Airport (MPP):
- Because of Mulatupo Airport's relatively low elevation of 105 feet, planes can take off or land at Mulatupo 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 Mulatupo Airport (MPP) is Achutupo Airport (ACU), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NW of MPP.
- The furthest airport from Mulatupo Airport (MPP) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Mulatupo Airport (meaning Mulatupo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,182 miles (19,604 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
- Mulatupo Airport (MPP) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about CFB Suffield (YSD):
- The lands comprising modern-day CFB Suffield were known as the "Suffield Block", resulting from the Dominion Land Survey, and comprised marginal agricultural land, given the perpetual semi-arid climate.
- The base has its own radio station, CKBF-FM, which airs programming for both the Canadian and British military personnel stationed at the base.
- The closest airport to CFB Suffield (YSD) is Medicine Hat Airport (YXH), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SE of YSD.
- The furthest airport from CFB Suffield (YSD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,339 miles (16,640 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The decision to designate the Suffield Block a military training facility in 1941 left tens of square kilometres of undisturbed prairie grassland intact from the effects of industrial agriculture.