Nonstop flight route between Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Yekaterinburg, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Koltsovo Airport (SVX), Yekaterinburg, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,690 miles (or 5,938 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 Koltsovo 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 Koltsovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YFB / CYFB |
Airport Name: | Iqaluit Airport |
Location: | Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 63°45'24"N by 68°33'21"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 110 feet (34 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YFB |
More Information: | YFB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SVX / USSS |
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Location: | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°44'29"N by 60°48'12"E |
Area Served: | Yekaterinburg |
Operator/Owner: | Koltsovo International Airport |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 764 feet (233 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SVX |
More Information: | SVX Maps & Info |
Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):
- Through the 1960s, Nordair was the main airline serving Frobisher Bay from Montreal, 1,100 nautical miles to the south.
- Since the 1950s, Frobisher Bay had earned a reputation as a technical stop for airlines flying the North Atlantic.
- There is a persistent but false rumour that Iqaluit Airport is one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle, due to the length of its runway and its geographic location.
- 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.
- Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
Facts about Koltsovo Airport (SVX):
- Koltsovo Airport handled 4,293,002 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,557 miles (16,990 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
- The closest airport to Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK), which is located 103 miles (166 kilometers) SSE of SVX.
- Because of Koltsovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 764 feet, planes can take off or land at Koltsovo 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.
- Koltsovo Airport (SVX) has 2 runways.
- July 24, 2012 the airport opened a new commercial complex with a total area of 19 thousand 185 square meters.
- Military airport "Koltsovo" was created in 1930 for the needs of the Air Force Institute of the USSR.
- June 1, 2009 at the airport put into operation a modern runway length of 3025 meters and a new control tower.
- In addition to being known as "Koltsovo Airport", another name for SVX is "Аэропорт Кольцово".