Nonstop flight route between Junction City, Kansas, United States and Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), Junction City, Kansas, United States and Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF), Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 902 miles (or 1,452 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 Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base and Region of Waterloo International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI):

• The closest airport to Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI) is Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NE of FRI.
• After the departure of the 1st Observation Squadron from Fort Riley, the 6th Observation Squadron was activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on 7 February 1942 to take its place at the Cavalry School.
• In addition to being known as "Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base", another name for FRI is "Marshall AAF".
• During the war the old strips had to be surfaced and lengthened to take increased traffic and heavier, faster planes.
• Around the same time, the 328th Helicopter Transportation Company transferred overseas, and the 21st Transportation Helicopter Battalion was activated at Marshall Field.
• Marshall Field did not change much in size or mission during the 1930s.
• The furthest airport from Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,654 miles (17,146 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• With the establishment of the United States Air Force in September 1947, the name of Marchall was changed to Marshall Air Force Base.
• One of the oldest military airfields in the United States, Marshall Army Airfield at Fort Riley, made its first appearance in history in November 1912 as the site of the first attempts in the United States to direct artillery fire from an airplane.

Facts about Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF):

• The furthest airport from Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On 13 December 2011 American Airlines announced new daily nonstop flights to Chicago beginning on 14 June 2012, the airport's first destination to the United States since 2009.
• A historical plaque near the entrance of Lexington Park describes the runways.
• As of June 2012, it is the 10th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements, and underwent a major expansion in 2003.
• The main road to access the airport is Regional Road 17 or Fountain Street North.
• The airport was formerly named Waterloo Regional Airport but it changed its name in March 2004 after Northwest Airlines announced that it would run daily flights to Detroit.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SE of YKF.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport handled 138,733 passengers last year.
• As of late 2005, major vacation charters have begun to operate during their peak season.