Nonstop flight route between Concordia, Kansas, United States and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Blosser Municipal Airport (CNK), Concordia, Kansas, United States and CFB Edmonton (YED), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,226 miles (or 1,973 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 Blosser Municipal Airport and CFB Edmonton, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Blosser Municipal Airport (CNK):

• The airport's roots are in 1930, when Charlie Blosser laid the first dirt airstrip on his farm.
• The closest airport to Blosser Municipal Airport (CNK) is Salina Regional Airport (SLN), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) S of CNK.
• Kansas Army National Guard Armory is in the airport complex
• Blosser Municipal Airport (CNK) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Blosser Municipal Airport (CNK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,664 miles (17,163 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about CFB Edmonton (YED):

• In addition to being known as "CFB Edmonton", other names for YED include "Edmonton/Namao Heliport Edmonton Garrison" and "Steele Barracks".
• The closest airport to CFB Edmonton (YED) is Edmonton International Airport (YEG), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) S of YED.
• The 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, along with elements of Lord Strathcona's Horse and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment were chosen to be a part of Canada's military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks and were deployed on combat operations to Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002.
• In 1968, when Canada's armed forces were amalgamated, RCAF Station Namao was redesignated Canadian Forces Base Edmonton and was under command of the new Air Transport Command and later Air Command.
• The history of CFB Edmonton begins at an old airfield called Blatchford Field, a few kilometres south from where CFB Edmonton would eventually be established.
• The furthest airport from CFB Edmonton (YED) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,216 miles (16,441 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.