Nonstop flight route between Coronation, Alberta, Canada and Del Rio, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Coronation Airport (YCT), Coronation, Alberta, Canada and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,662 miles (or 2,674 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 relatively short distance between Coronation Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YCT / CYCT |
Airport Name: | Coronation Airport |
Location: | Coronation, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°4'30"N by 111°26'43"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Coronation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2595 feet (791 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YCT |
More Information: | YCT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DLF / KDLF |
Airport Name: | Laughlin Air Force Base |
Location: | Del Rio, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°21'33"N by 100°46'41"W |
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More Information: | DLF Maps & Info |
Facts about Coronation Airport (YCT):
- The closest airport to Coronation Airport (YCT) is Vermilion Airport (YVG), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NE of YCT.
- Coronation Airport (YCT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Coronation Airport (YCT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,253 miles (16,500 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):
- The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
- Aside from the reservoir outside of Del Rio for fishing and some lake diving, most forms of recreation are either in the town of Del Rio or across the border in Ciudad Acuña, however current DoD policy does not allow travel across the border for military personnel.
- In 1961, Headquarters US Air Force notified Laughlin officials their mission would expand to again include an Air Training Command undergraduate pilot training program.
- The median income for a household on the base was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $38,625.
- The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Laughlin U-2s were among the first to provide photographic evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba in 1962 when 4080th U-2 pilot Major Steve Heyser flew his U-2C over Cuba after taking off from Edwards AFB, California.
- The Air Force transferred jurisdiction of the base to the Strategic Air Command on April 1, 1957 and the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moved there from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia.