Nonstop flight route between Rabaul, Papua New Guinea and Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rabaul Airport (RAB), Rabaul, Papua New Guinea and Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM), Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,796 miles (or 14,156 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 Rabaul Airport and Greater Moncton 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 Rabaul Airport and Greater Moncton 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: | RAB / AYTK |
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Location: | Rabaul, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°20'25"S by 152°22'45"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 32 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RAB |
More Information: | RAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQM / CYQM |
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Location: | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°6'57"N by 64°40'42"W |
Area Served: | Moncton, New Brunswick |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 232 feet (71 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQM |
More Information: | YQM Maps & Info |
Facts about Rabaul Airport (RAB):
- The closest airport to Rabaul Airport (RAB) is Namatanai Airport (ATN), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) N of RAB.
- Because of Rabaul Airport's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Rabaul 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.
- Rabaul Airport (RAB) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Rabaul Airport", another name for RAB is "Tokua Airport".
- A volcano eruption closed the airport for a day in 2006.
- The furthest airport from Rabaul Airport (RAB) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- The airport resides at an elevation of 32 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM):
- In March 1940, the Department of National Defence opened a flight training school under the auspices of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
- In 1936, Transport Canada and the local government discussed the possibility of the construction of an airport suitable for trans-Canadian routes.
- Because of Greater Moncton International Airport's relatively low elevation of 232 feet, planes can take off or land at Greater Moncton 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.
- The closest airport to Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) is Summerside Airport (YSU), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) ENE of YQM.
- Greater Moncton International Airport handled 615,085 passengers last year.
- On January 11, 1928, the first scheduled air flight out of the Greater Moncton area took place.
- Also, in June 2010 Porter Airlines began a service to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier.
- The furthest airport from Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,654 miles (18,755 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Greater Moncton International Airport", another name for YQM is "Moncton/Greater Moncton International Airport".
- Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM) has 2 runways.
- GMIA is home to the Moncton Flight College, the largest flight college in Canada.