Nonstop flight route between Chlef, Algeria and Mirabel (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chlef International Airport (CFK), Chlef, Algeria and Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX), Mirabel (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,841 miles (or 6,182 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 Chlef International Airport and Montréal–Mirabel 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 Chlef International Airport and Montréal–Mirabel 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 Chlef International Airport (CFK):

• In addition to being known as "Chlef International Airport", other names for CFK include "Abou Bakr Belkaid Airport (Ech Chief)" and "Aéroport International de Chlef".
• Chlef International Airport (CFK) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Chlef International Airport (CFK) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Chlef International Airport (meaning Chlef International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,613 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
• Because of Chlef International Airport's relatively low elevation of 502 feet, planes can take off or land at Chlef 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 Chlef International Airport (CFK) is Relizane Airport (QZN), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) SW of CFK.

Facts about Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX):

• In May 2007, it was reported that the International Center of Advanced Racing had signed a 25 year lease with Aéroports de Montréal to use part of the airport as a race track.
• Because of Montréal–Mirabel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 271 feet, planes can take off or land at Montréal–Mirabel 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 federal government proposed that the airport should be located at Vaudreuil-Dorion.
• In addition to being known as "Montréal–Mirabel International Airport", another name for YMX is "Aéroport international Montréal–Mirabel".
• Montréal–Mirabel International Airport opened for business on October 4, 1975, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics.
• Today, Montréal–Mirabel International Airport is used almost exclusively for cargo flights, with passenger operations having ceased on October 31, 2004, twenty-nine years after the airport's opening and many years of limited, primarily charter service.
• It is one of two airports in Canada with sufficient right-of-way that can be expanded to accommodate 50 million passengers per year, the other being Toronto Pearson International Airport, though a lack of traffic meant that Mirabel was never expanded beyond its first phase.
• The furthest airport from Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,493 miles (18,495 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On September 16, 2013, the Bombardier CS100 took its maiden flight for the first time, making the inaugural flight of the CSeries, from Mirabel Airport, accompanied by a Global 5000 chase plane.
• The C$716 million expansion of Dorval from 2000–2005 gave it the ability to serve 20 million passengers a year, ironically accomplishing one of the goals that was to be met with the construction of Mirabel.
• In March 1969, the federal and provincial governments reached a compromise to locate at the St.
• Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX) is Cartierville Airport (YCV), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SE of YMX.
• High-speed rail transit for the Montréal–Mirabel run), initially to be called TRRAMM, was intended to be completed at a later date.