Nonstop flight route between Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada and Mountain View, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC), Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,209 miles (or 3,554 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 Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YPC / CYPC |
Airport Name: | Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport |
Location: | Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 69°21'38"N by 124°4'32"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of the Northwest Territories |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YPC |
More Information: | YPC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUQ / KNUQ |
Airport Name: | Moffett Federal Airfield |
Location: | Mountain View, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°24'53"N by 122°2'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | NASA Ames Research Center |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 32 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NUQ |
More Information: | NUQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC):
- Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) 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 closest airport to Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC) is Colville Lake/Tommy Kochon Airport (YCK), which is located 170 miles (274 kilometers) SSW of YPC.
- The furthest airport from Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 9,731 miles (15,661 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):
- The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- On April 16, 1942, control of the facility was returned to the Navy and it was re-commissioned as NAS Sunnyvale.
- Hangars #2 and #3 are some of the world's largest freestanding wood structures.
- In August 2008, the Navy proposed simply stripping the toxic coating from the hangar and leaving the skeleton after spraying it with a preservative.
- At its peak in the 1990s, NAS Moffett Field was the U.S.
- Moffett Field's "Hangar One" and the row of World War II blimp hangars are still some of the largest unsupported structures in the country.
- In 2008, the Ames Research Center leased 42 acres around the field to Google.
- Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
- As an aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy wanted to use the airship hangars at Moffett for blimp operations along with Pacific Coast.
- The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
- Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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.