Nonstop flight route between Galion, Ohio, United States and Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Galion Municipal Airport (GQQ), Galion, Ohio, United States and CFB Cold Lake (YOD), Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,577 miles (or 2,537 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 Galion Municipal Airport and CFB Cold Lake, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Galion Municipal Airport (GQQ):

• The closest airport to Galion Municipal Airport (GQQ) is Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport (MFD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ENE of GQQ.
• Galion Municipal Airport (GQQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Galion Municipal Airport (GQQ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,353 miles (18,271 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about CFB Cold Lake (YOD):

• CFB Cold Lake (YOD) has 3 runways.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Cold Lake", another name for YOD is "Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport".
• "The relatively unrestricted Cold Lake Air Weapons Range represents one of the largest live-drop training ranges in the world and is the largest low-level flying area in North America.
• During the 1980s, CFB Cold Lake was thrust into the international media spotlight when CLAWR was used as the target for testing of the newly developed AGM-86 air-launched cruise missiles by the USAF.
• The closest airport to CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Bonnyville Airport (YBY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of YOD.
• The facility is named Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W.
• CLAWR is the northern equivalent to the United States Air Force's Nellis Air Force Range and provides a different training environment with heavy boreal forest and numerous lakes more closely resembling European terrain.