Nonstop flight route between Suffield, Alberta, Canada and Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Suffield (YSD), Suffield, Alberta, Canada and Rongelap Airport (RNP), Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,272 miles (or 8,485 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 CFB Suffield and Rongelap 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 CFB Suffield and Rongelap Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YSD / CYSD |
Airport Name: | CFB Suffield |
Location: | Suffield, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°16'23"N by 111°10'29"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 2525 feet (770 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YSD |
More Information: | YSD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RNP / |
Airport Name: | Rongelap Airport |
Location: | Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°9'25"N by 166°53'15"E |
Area Served: | Rongelap, Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RNP |
More Information: | RNP Maps & Info |
Facts about CFB Suffield (YSD):
- Following the fall of Algeria to Nazi Germany, the British Army required a new training facility for carrying out experiments in chemical warfare.
- The closest airport to CFB Suffield (YSD) is Medicine Hat Airport (YXH), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SE of YSD.
- Defence Research and Development Canada is an agency of the Canadian Department of National Defence responding to the scientific and technological needs of the Canadian Forces.
- The furthest airport from CFB Suffield (YSD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,339 miles (16,640 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Canadian Forces Base Suffield is the largest Canadian Forces Base and the largest Commonwealth military training base in the world.
Facts about Rongelap Airport (RNP):
- The furthest airport from Rongelap Airport (RNP) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Rongelap Airport (meaning Rongelap Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,200 miles (19,634 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- The closest airport to Rongelap Airport (RNP) is Wotho Airport (WTO), which is located 91 miles (146 kilometers) SW of RNP.
- Rongelap Airport (RNP) currently has only 1 runway.