Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Freetown, Sierra Leone:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Hastings Airport (HGS), Freetown, Sierra Leone would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,179 miles (or 9,945 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 Edmonton International Airport and Hastings 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 Edmonton International Airport and Hastings Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YEG / CYEG |
Airport Name: | Edmonton International Airport |
Location: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°18'36"N by 113°34'45"W |
Area Served: | Edmonton Capital Region, Alberta |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2373 feet (723 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YEG |
More Information: | YEG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HGS / GFHA |
Airport Name: | Hastings Airport |
Location: | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°23'39"N by 13°7'41"W |
Area Served: | Freetown |
Elevation: | 60 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HGS |
More Information: | HGS Maps & Info |
Facts about Edmonton International Airport (YEG):
- Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has 2 runways.
- An expansion program initiated in October 2007 is nearing completion.
- Edmonton International Airport handled 6,983,229 passengers last year.
- EIA is located within the Edmonton Capital Region, close to the towns of Devon and Beaumont, the city of Leduc, and adjacent to the Nisku industrial park.
- The closest airport to Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is CFB Edmonton (YED), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) N of YEG.
- Transport Canada selected the current site for Edmonton International Airport and purchased over 7,000 acres of land.
- The furthest airport from Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,239 miles (16,478 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
Facts about Hastings Airport (HGS):
- The furthest airport from Hastings Airport (HGS) is Ulawa Airport (RNA), which is nearly antipodal to Hastings Airport (meaning Hastings Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ulawa Airport), and is located 12,088 miles (19,454 kilometers) away in Arona, Ulawa Island, Solomon Islands.
- The closest airport to Hastings Airport (HGS) is Lungi International Airport (FNA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NNW of HGS.
- Because of Hastings Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Hastings 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.
- Hastings Airport (HGS) currently has only 1 runway.