Nonstop flight route between Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and CFB Cold Lake (YOD), Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,989 miles (or 6,420 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 East Midlands Airport and CFB Cold Lake, 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 East Midlands Airport and CFB Cold Lake. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EMA / EGNX |
Airport Name: | East Midlands Airport |
Location: | Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°49'51"N by 1°19'40"W |
Area Served: | East Midlands |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 306 feet (93 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EMA |
More Information: | EMA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YOD / CYOD |
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Location: | Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°24'18"N by 110°16'45"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 1775 feet (541 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from YOD |
More Information: | YOD Maps & Info |
Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):
- The furthest airport from East Midlands Airport (EMA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- East Midlands Airport is the second largest cargo airport in the United Kingdom after London Heathrow.
- East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In September 2006 Plane Stupid blocked a taxiway at the airport for four hours.
- Because of East Midlands Airport's relatively low elevation of 306 feet, planes can take off or land at East Midlands 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 closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.
- DHL Aviation opened a new £35m cargo facility on site in 2000, and in the same year a business park was constructed next to the airport.
- Until 1982, when the head office moved to Donington Hall,British Midland had its head office on the airport property.
- The DEMAND Campaign was formed in 2004 to campaign against night flights at the airport and against increasing levels of noise generally.
- On 28 August 2009, low fares airline Jet2.com announced that its seventh base would be at East Midlands Airport, starting with seven routes across Europe from May 2010 and two new winter routes from 20 December 2010 and have grown further since.
- East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
- The airport was originally a Royal Air Force station, RAF Castle Donington, which was decommissioned in 1946.
Facts about CFB Cold Lake (YOD):
- Cold Lake Cadet Summer Training Centre is located at 4 Wing Cold Lake, held annually from June to August.
- The furthest airport from CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,097 miles (16,250 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Operations in the 1950s and early 1960s centered around training crews destined for the CF100 Canuck all weather interceptor which was in operational use in both Canada and Europe.
- In 2007 it was the setting for Jetstream, a TV series depicting eight pilots training under the 410 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron to fly a CF-18.
- The closest airport to CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Bonnyville Airport (YBY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of YOD.
- Non-military use of the CLAWR increased since the 1990s, and "will continue to grow as various sectors vie for access to airspace, land and resources in and around the range.Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Primrose and Wolf Lake in situ oil sands project near Cold Lake, Alberta.
- CFB Cold Lake (YOD) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "CFB Cold Lake", another name for YOD is "Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport".