Nonstop flight route between Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada and Colón, Panama:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Swift Current Airport (YYN), Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX), Colón, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,244 miles (or 5,221 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 Swift Current Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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 Swift Current Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YYN / CYYN |
Airport Name: | Swift Current Airport |
Location: | Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°17'32"N by 107°41'26"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Swift Current |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2681 feet (817 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YYN |
More Information: | YYN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ONX / MPEJ |
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Location: | Colón, Panama |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'24"N by 79°52'3"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ONX |
More Information: | ONX Maps & Info |
Facts about Swift Current Airport (YYN):
- The closest airport to Swift Current Airport (YYN) is CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ), which is located 94 miles (151 kilometers) E of YYN.
- The furthest airport from Swift Current Airport (YYN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,271 miles (16,529 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Swift Current Airport (YYN) has 2 runways.
Facts about Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX):
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 1994, this airport was the departure point for Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901, later downed by terrorists.
- The closest airport to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SE of ONX.
- In addition to being known as "Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport", another name for ONX is "Aeropuerto Enrique Adolfo Jiménez".
- Initially established as Coco Walk Aerodrome in March 1918
- The furthest airport from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (meaning Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,536 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Because of Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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.
- As a direct result of the lessons learned during World War I in France, the Air service reorganized its tactical elements in 1922.
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is a commercial airport located in Colón, Panama, offering scheduled airline flights to the national capital, Panama City, and to other destinations.
- France Air Force Base was deactivated on 1 November 1949 by the United States Air Force due to budgetary reductions, and turned into a civil airport in the United States Canal Zone and renamed Colon Airport.