Nonstop flight route between Cody, Wyoming, United States and Shemya, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD), Cody, Wyoming, United States and Eareckson Air Station (SYA), Shemya, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,386 miles (or 5,449 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 Yellowstone Regional Airport and Eareckson Air Station, 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 Yellowstone Regional Airport and Eareckson Air Station. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | COD / KCOD |
Airport Name: | Yellowstone Regional Airport |
Location: | Cody, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°31'13"N by 109°1'26"W |
Area Served: | Cody, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | City of Cody |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5102 feet (1,555 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from COD |
More Information: | COD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SYA / PASY |
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Location: | Shemya, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°42'43"N by 174°6'48"E |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 97 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SYA |
More Information: | SYA Maps & Info |
Facts about Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD):
- Yellowstone Regional Airport offers free Wi-Fi Internet service in its terminal.
- Choice Aviation and Spirit Mountain Aviation, the airport's fixed base operators, offer fuel, flight instruction, aircraft/hangar rental, and other services.
- The furthest airport from Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,671 miles (17,173 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD) is Worland Municipal Airport (WRL), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) SE of COD.
- Because of Yellowstone Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,102 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at COD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make COD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Yellowstone Regional Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Cody, a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
- Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Eareckson Air Station (SYA):
- In July 1973, Raytheon won a contract to build a system called COBRA DANE on Shemya.
- The closest airport to Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) WNW of SYA.
- The news of the surrender of the Japanese was met with enthusiasm, the biggest topic was "When do we go home?".
- The Korean War brought extensive use by the Military Air Transport Service for the logistical support of Korea and Japan.
- A second attack by B-24 Liberators was launched from Alexai Point and Shemya on 18 July.
- The aerial photos taken on the raid showed the Japanese were building up forces in the area, transferring aircraft presumably from air bases on Hokkaido.
- After the disastrous attack, the focus of Eleventh Air Force was shifted to a defensive posture in the event of retaliatory attacks from the Japanese.
- The mission of Eleventh Air Force was to take advantage of the new airfields on Shemya and Attu, and carry out offensive operations against the enemy forces in the Kuriles.
- Eareckson Air Station (SYA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Eareckson Air Station", other names for SYA include "Shemya Air Force Base", "Shemya Army Airfield" and " ".
- The furthest airport from Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,668 miles (17,168 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Because of Eareckson Air Station's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at Eareckson Air Station 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.