Nonstop flight route between Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands and Mont-Tremblant (La Macaza), Quebec, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wake Island Airfield (AWK), Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands and Mont-Tremblant International Airport (YTM), Mont-Tremblant (La Macaza), Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,504 miles (or 10,468 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 Wake Island Airfield and Mont-Tremblant International 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 Wake Island Airfield and Mont-Tremblant International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wake Island Airfield (AWK):

• The closest airport to Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is Quoin Hill Airfield (UIQ), which is located 169 miles (272 kilometers) SE of AWK.
• Wake Island Airfield (AWK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Wake Island Airfield (AWK) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is located 11,652 miles (18,752 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
• British Overseas Airways Corporation also used Wake Island as a refueling stop.
• From 1935 until 1940, when two typhoons swept Wake with resultant extensive damage to the now elaborately developed Pan American facilities, development and use of the base were steady but uneventful.
• Because of Wake Island Airfield's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Wake Island 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.

Facts about Mont-Tremblant International Airport (YTM):

• The furthest airport from Mont-Tremblant International Airport (YTM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,431 miles (18,396 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport has shuttle buses running from the airport to the Mont Tremblant Resort.
• Because of Mont-Tremblant International Airport's relatively low elevation of 825 feet, planes can take off or land at Mont-Tremblant International 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 Mont-Tremblant International Airport (YTM) is Maniwaki Airport (YMW), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) W of YTM.
• The airport was originally built for the RCAF by Boeing to military specifications, as an RCAF emergency landing field, with a runway of 6,000 ft.
• In addition to being known as "Mont-Tremblant International Airport", other names for YTM include "Aéroport International de Mont-Tremblant" and "La Macaza/Mont Tremblant Intl Inc Airport".
• The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
• The area that was used for the Bomarc silos was converted into the La Macaza Institution in 1978.
• Mont-Tremblant International Airport (YTM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport consists of a small chalet style terminal building along the east side of the runway and south of the prison facility.
• Later converted as a civilian airport, it was turned into an international airport in 2000 despite a referendum held in the region stating that the citizens of La Macaza opposed the project.