Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Angoulême, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Edmonton (YED), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG), Angoulême, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,543 miles (or 7,312 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 CFB Edmonton and Angoulême - Brie - Champniers 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 CFB Edmonton and Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YED / CYED |
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Location: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°40'27"N by 113°29'29"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 2257 feet (688 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YED |
More Information: | YED Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ANG / LFBU |
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Location: | Angoulême, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°43'44"N by 0°13'8"E |
Area Served: | Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France |
Operator/Owner: | CCI d'Angoulême |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 436 feet (133 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ANG |
More Information: | ANG Maps & Info |
Facts about CFB Edmonton (YED):
- The furthest airport from CFB Edmonton (YED) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,216 miles (16,441 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, along with elements of Lord Strathcona's Horse and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment were chosen to be a part of Canada's military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks and were deployed on combat operations to Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002.
- In addition to being known as "CFB Edmonton", other names for YED include "Edmonton/Namao Heliport Edmonton Garrison" and "Steele Barracks".
- The closest airport to CFB Edmonton (YED) is Edmonton International Airport (YEG), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) S of YED.
- During the Cold War RCAF Station Namao was used by the United States Strategic Air Command, which constructed a "Nose Dock" capable of servicing the nose and wings of heavy jet bombers and tankers on the south side of the airfield.
Facts about Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG):
- The closest airport to Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG) is Cognac - Châteaubernard Air Base (CNG), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) W of ANG.
- The furthest airport from Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (meaning Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,677 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport (ANG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport", another name for ANG is "Aéroport d'Angoulême - Brie - Champniers".
- Because of Angoulême - Brie - Champniers Airport's relatively low elevation of 436 feet, planes can take off or land at Angoulême - Brie - Champniers 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.