Nonstop flight route between Alert, Nunavut, Canada and Kake, Alaska, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from YLT to KAE:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- YLT Airport Information
- KAE Airport Information
- Facts about YLT
- Facts about KAE
- Map of Nearest Airports to YLT
- List of Nearest Airports to YLT
- Map of Furthest Airports from YLT
- List of Furthest Airports from YLT
- Map of Nearest Airports to KAE
- List of Nearest Airports to KAE
- Map of Furthest Airports from KAE
- List of Furthest Airports from KAE
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alert Airport (YLT), Alert, Nunavut, Canada and Kake Airport (KAE), Kake, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,170 miles (or 3,492 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 relatively short distance between Alert Airport and Kake Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YLT / CYLT |
Airport Name: | Alert Airport |
Location: | Alert, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 82°31'4"N by 62°16'50"W |
Operator/Owner: | DND/1CdnAirDiv Alert AMO Ottawa |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 100 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YLT |
More Information: | YLT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KAE / PAFE |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Kake, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°57'41"N by 133°54'37"W |
Area Served: | Kake, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 172 feet (52 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KAE |
More Information: | KAE Maps & Info |
Facts about Alert Airport (YLT):
- The closest airport to Alert Airport (YLT) is Eureka Aerodrome (YEU), which is located 299 miles (481 kilometers) WSW of YLT.
- A weather station was established on the site in 1950, and in 1957 construction began on the military facilities which are still in use to this day.
- Alert Airport (YLT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Alert Airport (YLT) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 9,999 miles (16,092 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- Because of Alert Airport's relatively low elevation of 100 feet, planes can take off or land at Alert 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 Kake Airport (KAE):
- Because of Kake Airport's relatively low elevation of 172 feet, planes can take off or land at Kake 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 furthest airport from Kake Airport (KAE) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,584 miles (17,032 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
- In addition to being known as "Kake Airport", another name for KAE is "AFE".
- Kake Airport (KAE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kake Airport (KAE) is Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport (PSG), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) ESE of KAE.