Nonstop flight route between Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda and Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda and Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,176 miles (or 3,501 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 relatively short distance between L.F. Wade International Airport and Iqaluit Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BDA / TXKF |
| Airport Name: | L.F. Wade International Airport |
| Location: | Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°21'51"N by 64°40'42"W |
| Area Served: | Bermuda |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Bermuda |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 18 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BDA |
| More Information: | BDA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YFB / CYFB |
| Airport Name: | Iqaluit Airport |
| Location: | Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 63°45'24"N by 68°33'21"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 110 feet (34 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YFB |
| More Information: | YFB Maps & Info |
Facts about L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA):
- Air traffic control service is provided by BAS-Serco under contract to the DAO.
- L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) is Billy Mitchell Airport (HNC), which is located 658 miles (1,059 kilometers) WNW of BDA.
- A modern Doppler Weather radar with a 150 mi.
- Because of L.F. Wade International Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at L.F. Wade 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.
- On 6 December 1952 A Cubana de Aviación DC-4 crashed after taking off from the airport killing 37 passengers out of 41 passengers and crew.
- The furthest airport from L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) is Rottnest Airport (RTS), which is nearly antipodal to L.F. Wade International Airport (meaning L.F. Wade International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rottnest Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- On 16 April 2007 the airport was renamed "L.F.
- A small portion of the south-east corner of the airport was transformed in the 1990s into Bermuda Motorsports Park.
- The airfield began life as Kindley Field, a joint US Army Air Forces /Royal Air Force base, during the Second World War.
Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):
- Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,428 miles (16,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Iqaluit Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Iqaluit 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.
- With the introduction of the intercontinental Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, fewer airlines stopped at Iqaluit.
- Multiple flights have been diverted to Iqaluit Airport due to passenger medical emergencies.
- In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $40 million to repair the runway, build a new emergency services facility and a new terminal.
- The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
- In January 2012 Air Greenland announced that a 1-hour, 45-minute flight from Nuuk to Iqaluit, down from three days when going via Copenhagen or Reykjavik and then on to Ottawa, would begin 18 June 2012, later changed to 15 June.
