Nonstop flight route between Waco, Texas, United States and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between TSTC Waco Airport (CNW), Waco, Texas, United States and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,496 miles (or 4,016 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 TSTC Waco Airport and Gander International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CNW / KCNW |
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Location: | Waco, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°38'16"N by 97°4'27"W |
Area Served: | Waco, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | Texas State Technical College |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 470 feet (143 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CNW |
More Information: | CNW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQX / CYQX |
Airport Name: | Gander International Airport |
Location: | Gander, Newfoundland, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°56'12"N by 54°34'5"W |
Area Served: | Gander, Newfoundland |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 496 feet (151 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQX |
More Information: | YQX Maps & Info |
Facts about TSTC Waco Airport (CNW):
- The furthest airport from TSTC Waco Airport (CNW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,972 miles (17,658 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- TSTC Waco Airport (CNW) has 2 runways.
- Because of TSTC Waco Airport's relatively low elevation of 470 feet, planes can take off or land at TSTC Waco 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 "TSTC Waco Airport", another name for CNW is "(formerly James Connally AFB)".
- The airport and the base facilities were used as a technical school while General Dynamics remained as a tenant performing modification work on various military aircraft.
- In 1968, as part of a nation-wide reduction in air force bases and naval air stations to stay within congressional funding limits while continuing to prosecute the war in Vietnam, James Connally AFB was closed.
- The closest airport to TSTC Waco Airport (CNW) is Waco Regional Airport (ACT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of CNW.
Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):
- The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
- Construction of the airport began in 1936 and it was opened in 1938, with its first landing on January 11 of that year, by Captain Douglas Fraser flying a Fox Moth of Imperial Airways.
- Gander is near the great circle route between cities of the U.S.
- The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
- Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.
- A major reason that Gander received so much traffic was partly due to its ability to handle large aircraft, but primarily because Transport Canada and Nav Canada instructed pilots coming from Europe to avoid the airports in major urban centres of Central Canada, like Lester B.
- The airport's runway 03/21 was also designated as an emergency landing runway for the Space Shuttle.