Nonstop flight route between Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Helsinki Airport (HEL), Helsinki / Vantaa, Finland and Nanaimo Airport (YCD), Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,682 miles (or 7,534 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 Helsinki Airport and Nanaimo Airport, 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 Helsinki Airport and Nanaimo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Helsinki Airport (HEL):

• Helsinki Airport handled 15,279,043 passengers last year.
• Because of Helsinki Airport's relatively low elevation of 179 feet, planes can take off or land at Helsinki 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 Aviapolis is a new international business park adjacent to the Helsinki airport area, already hosting the operations of numerous companies around the airport.
• The airport's three runways provide a platform for future growth while the airport can accommodate wide-body aircraft such as the Airbus A340.
• In addition to being known as "Helsinki Airport", another name for HEL is "Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasemaHelsingfors-Vanda flygplats".
• There are regular bus service 615 and 620 to the Helsinki Central railway station in 30–55 minutes, and major hotels and railway stations in the Greater Helsinki Area in 15–120 minutes.
• Helsinki Airport (HEL) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Helsinki Airport (HEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,992 miles (17,689 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the airport served 15,279,043 passengers in 2013 and it is the fourth largest airport in the Nordic countries.
• The closest airport to Helsinki Airport (HEL) is Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SSE of HEL.
• In 2013 Finavia announced plans to expand the airport to serve up to 20 million passenger by 2020.

Facts about Nanaimo Airport (YCD):

• Because of Nanaimo Airport's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Nanaimo 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.
• Nanaimo Airport provides service to Vancouver and the lower mainland with 12 daily flights as well as non-stop daily service to Calgary and 2 flights daily to Seattle.
• Nanaimo Airport, is located 7 nautical miles south southeast of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada at 3350 Spitfire Road,Cassidy.
• Nanaimo Airport (YCD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,705 miles (17,228 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Nanaimo Airport (YCD) is Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport (ZNA), which is located only 8 miles (14 kilometers) NNW of YCD.