Nonstop flight route between Cleveland, Ohio, United States and Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF), Cleveland, Ohio, United States and Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,619 miles (or 2,605 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 Cuyahoga County Airport and Iqaluit Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF):

• In addition to being known as "Cuyahoga County Airport", another name for CGF is "Robert D. Shea Field".
• Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cuyahoga County Airport's relatively low elevation of 879 feet, planes can take off or land at Cuyahoga County 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 furthest airport from Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,391 miles (18,332 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF) is Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport (LNN), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) NNE of CGF.
• Developed in 1928 by Curtiss Wright and operated until closed a privately owned airport in 1930.

Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):

• Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Iqaluit Airport was originally founded as Frobisher Bay Air Base in 1942.
• As a result of increased traffic, Nunavut government is planning an overhaul of the airport which is expected to cost between $250 and $300 million.
• The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
• 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.
• There is a persistent but false rumour that Iqaluit Airport is one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle, due to the length of its runway and its geographic location.
• 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.
• 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.
• Since the 1950s, Frobisher Bay had earned a reputation as a technical stop for airlines flying the North Atlantic.