Nonstop flight route between Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia and Coronation, Alberta, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tureira Airport (ZTA), Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia and Coronation Airport (YCT), Coronation, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,293 miles (or 8,517 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 Tureira Airport and Coronation 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 Tureira Airport and Coronation Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZTA / NTGY |
Airport Name: | Tureira Airport |
Location: | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°46'16"S by 138°33'53"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from ZTA |
More Information: | ZTA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YCT / CYCT |
Airport Name: | Coronation Airport |
Location: | Coronation, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°4'30"N by 111°26'43"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Coronation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2595 feet (791 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YCT |
More Information: | YCT Maps & Info |
Facts about Tureira Airport (ZTA):
- Because of Tureira Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Tureira 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.
- Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of 8 km.
- The furthest airport from Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Al-Baha Domestic Airport (ABT), which is nearly antipodal to Tureira Airport (meaning Tureira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Al-Baha Domestic Airport), and is located 12,402 miles (19,958 kilometers) away in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia.
- The closest airport to Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Nukutavake Airport (NUK), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) N of ZTA.
- The first recorded European to arrive to Tureia was Captain Edward Edwards in 1791, during his search for the Bounty mutineers.
- From 1966 to 1999, Tureia hosted an outpost of the Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique, the French authority supervising nuclear tests on the nearby atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, which lie about 70 miles/115 kilometres south of Tureia.
- Tureia is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.
- This atoll has a 3,000 feet -long airstrip.
Facts about Coronation Airport (YCT):
- The furthest airport from Coronation Airport (YCT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,253 miles (16,500 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Coronation Airport (YCT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Coronation Airport (YCT) is Vermilion Airport (YVG), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NE of YCT.