Nonstop flight route between Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Belfast International Airport (BFS), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC), Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,165 miles (or 6,703 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 Belfast International Airport and Canadian Rockies 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 Belfast International Airport and Canadian Rockies 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 Belfast International Airport (BFS):

• Because of Belfast International Airport's relatively low elevation of 268 feet, planes can take off or land at Belfast 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.
• In 1983 the airport, renamed Belfast International, was regularly accommodating the largest civil aircraft in service, and with the installation of new technology was capable of all weather operations.
• In addition to being known as "Belfast International Airport", another name for BFS is "Belfast/Aldergrove Airport".
• Despite these additional flights, passengers at Belfast International did not rise beyond 6 million in 2008 as some had predicted but in fact fell by 10,000 passengers to 5.2 million.
• In 1971 Northern Ireland Airports Limited was formed to operate and develop the airport and its facilities.
• The furthest airport from Belfast International Airport (BFS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,847 miles (19,065 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Belfast International Airport (BFS) has 2 runways.
• The airport lies within the parish of Killead, between the small villages of Killead and Aldergrove.
• Belfast International Airport handled 4,023,336 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Belfast International Airport (BFS) is George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) E of BFS.

Facts about Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC):

• The furthest airport from Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,502 miles (16,902 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• It is owned by the City of Cranbrook and operated by YVRAS.
• In addition to being known as "Canadian Rockies International Airport", another name for YXC is "Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport".
• The closest airport to Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) is Fairmont Hot Springs Airport (YCZ), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) N of YXC.
• Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) currently has only 1 runway.