Nonstop flight route between Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Dirico, Angola:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Dirico Airport (DRC), Dirico, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,309 miles (or 11,762 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 Iqaluit Airport and Dirico 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 Iqaluit Airport and Dirico Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):

• In January 2012 Air Greenland announced that a 1-hour, 45-minute flight from Nuuk to Iqaluit, down from three days when going via Copenhagen or Reykjavik and then on to Ottawa, would begin 18 June 2012, later changed to 15 June.
• The furthest airport from Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,428 miles (16,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• With the introduction of the intercontinental Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, fewer airlines stopped at Iqaluit.
• Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
• Because of Iqaluit Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Iqaluit 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 airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar routes.
• There are 30 short term parking spaces at the airport.
• Multiple flights have been diverted to Iqaluit Airport due to passenger medical emergencies.
• In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $40 million to repair the runway, build a new emergency services facility and a new terminal.

Facts about Dirico Airport (DRC):

• The closest airport to Dirico Airport (DRC) is Rundu Airport (NDU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) W of DRC.
• Dirico Airport (DRC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Dirico Airport (DRC) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Dirico Airport (meaning Dirico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,196 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Dirico Airport", another name for DRC is "Dirico Airport (Dirico)".