Nonstop flight route between Jomsom, Nepal and Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jomsom Airport (JMO), Jomsom, Nepal and Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,825 miles (or 10,984 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 Jomsom Airport and Abbotsford International 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 Jomsom Airport and Abbotsford International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jomsom Airport (JMO):

• List of airports in Nepal
• Jomsom Airport (JMO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,627 miles (18,712 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Jomsom Airport (JMO) is Pokhara Airport (PKR), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSE of JMO.
• Because of Jomsom Airport's high elevation of 8,800 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JMO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JMO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• On 14 May 2012, an Agni Air Dornier 228 crashed while attempting to land at Jomsom airport, killing 15 of 21 people on board.

Facts about Abbotsford International Airport (YXX):

• Abbotsford International Airport handled 475,223 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,682 miles (17,191 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) is Blaine Municipal Airport (BWS), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) W of YXX.
• Following World War II, the airport was largely used for general aviation and as a secondary field to Vancouver International Airport.
• The airport became the home to Skyways Air Services and Conair Aviation in the 1960s.
• Because of Abbotsford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Abbotsford International 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.
• In 2012, YXX was Canada's 15th busiest airport by aircraft movements, with 108,545 movements, 503,693 passengers passed through Abbotsford International Airport in 2008.
• Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) has 2 runways.
• In September 1984 Pope John Paul II held an open-air mass for over 200,000 people at the airport.