Nonstop flight route between Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico and Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME), Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico and Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,302 miles (or 5,314 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 Ciudad del Carmen International Airport and Iqaluit 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 Ciudad del Carmen International Airport and Iqaluit Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME):

• Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME) is Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport (VSA), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) SW of CME.
• Because of Ciudad del Carmen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Ciudad del Carmen 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 addition to being known as "Ciudad del Carmen International Airport", another name for CME is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Ciudad del Carmen".
• The furthest airport from Ciudad del Carmen International Airport (CME) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,709 miles (18,844 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.

Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):

• The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
• 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.
• The airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar routes.
• 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.
• Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Through the 1960s, Nordair was the main airline serving Frobisher Bay from Montreal, 1,100 nautical miles to the south.
• 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.