Nonstop flight route between Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada and Jambi, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH), Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada and Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB), Jambi, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,311 miles (or 11,766 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 Fort Good Hope Airport and Sultan Thaha 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 Fort Good Hope Airport and Sultan Thaha Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH):

• Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH) is Norman Wells Airport (YVQ), which is located 85 miles (136 kilometers) SE of YGH.
• The furthest airport from Fort Good Hope Airport (YGH) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 9,973 miles (16,050 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Because of Fort Good Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 267 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Good Hope 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.

Facts about Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB):

• On 12 December 2011 the grounbreaking of expansion terminal phase-1 has been done for capacity of 1.5 million passengers per year.
• Sultan Thaha Airport handled 1 passengers last year.
• Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) is Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) SE of DJB.
• The Sultan Thaha Airport will be the first World's Zoo Airport in 2015, integrated with the Taman Rimba Zoo which only 900 meters from the new terminal.
• Because of Sultan Thaha Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Thaha 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.
• In 2012, the runway will be expanded to 2,400 meters long and 45 meters wide to accommodate up to equivalent Boeing 757 from previous Boeing 737.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Thaha Airport", another name for DJB is "Bandar Udara Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin".
• The furthest airport from Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) is Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Thaha Airport (meaning Sultan Thaha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Garzón Airport), and is located 12,388 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Villa Garzón, Colombia.