Nonstop flight route between Jacksonville, Illinois, United States and Kingston, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX), Jacksonville, Illinois, United States and Kingston Airport (YGK), Kingston, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 993 miles (or 1,598 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 Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 and Kingston Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX):

• The closest airport to Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX) is Jacksonville International Airport (JAX), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNW of IJX.
• The furthest airport from Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,460 miles (18,442 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 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.
• By 1941 the airport had expanded to 600 acres adding five hangars, a terminal building and five asphalt runways, the longest being 7,000 feet.
• In 1970 Webb International Inc.
• In the fall of 1945, jurisdiction of Jacksonville AAF was transferred to Air Technical Service Command, whose mission was the transfer of any useful military equipment to other bases around the country.

Facts about Kingston Airport (YGK):

• Because of Kingston Airport's relatively low elevation of 303 feet, planes can take off or land at Kingston 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 Kingston Airport (YGK) is Watertown International Airport (ART), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) ESE of YGK.
• Kingston Airport (YGK) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Kingston Airport (YGK) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,490 miles (18,492 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Before 1940, Kingston was served only by the Kingston Airfield, a grass strip just north of the city's downtown, which closed in 1942.
• The Ontario Fun Flyers flight school and the Kingston Flying Club are also located on the field.