Nonstop flight route between Alpe d'Huez, France and Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ), Alpe d'Huez, France and Sudbury Airport (YSB), Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,955 miles (or 6,365 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 Alpe d'Huez Airport and Sudbury 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 Alpe d'Huez Airport and Sudbury Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ):

• Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Alpe d'Huez Airport", another name for AHZ is "L'altiport de l'Alpe d'Huez".
• The furthest airport from Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Alpe d'Huez Airport (meaning Alpe d'Huez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,283 miles (19,768 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Alpe d'Huez Airport's high elevation of 6,037 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AHZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AHZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) is Méribel Airport (MFX), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) NE of AHZ.

Facts about Sudbury Airport (YSB):

• On February 25, 1953, the Sudbury Airport Committee was formed to lobby and arrange for commercial flights to Sudbury.
• In March 2010, Porter Airlines began flying to the Sudbury Airport from Toronto City Airport using Dash-8 Q400 aircraft.
• The closest airport to Sudbury Airport (YSB) is North Bay Airport (YYB), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) ESE of YSB.
• Sunwing Airlines began service at the Sudbury Airport in the early 2000s.
• The furthest airport from Sudbury Airport (YSB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,228 miles (18,070 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Sudbury Airport or Greater Sudbury Airport, is an airport in the Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario and is located 11 nautical miles northeast of the downtown area, on Municipal Road 86 between the communities of Garson and Skead.
• The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
• Sudbury Airport (YSB) has 2 runways.
• From 1972 to 2000, Sudbury Airport was owned by the Federal Government and operated by the transportation department of Sudbury.