Nonstop flight route between Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon and Frenchville, Maine, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE), Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon and Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK), Frenchville, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,099 miles (or 8,206 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 Rene Mouawad Air Base and Northern Aroostook Regional 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 Rene Mouawad Air Base and Northern Aroostook Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KYE / OLKA |
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| Location: | Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'21"N by 36°0'41"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Military-civil joint use airport |
| Airport Type: | Joint (civil and military) |
| Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KYE |
| More Information: | KYE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WFK / KFVE |
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| Location: | Frenchville, Maine, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°17'8"N by 68°18'46"W |
| Area Served: | Frenchville, Maine |
| Operator/Owner: | Northern Aroostook Regional Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 988 feet (301 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WFK |
| More Information: | WFK Maps & Info |
Facts about Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE):
- Because of Rene Mouawad Air Base's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Rene Mouawad Air Base 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.
- Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) currently has only 1 runway.
- On July 13, 2006, the Israeli Air Force bombed the air base during the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict.
- In the early 1960s, the air base was a small airport owned by an oil company, who used small IPC airplanes for transporting its engineers, staff and workers between Lebanon and the Arab countries.
- The furthest airport from Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,486 miles (18,484 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- In addition to being known as "Rene Mouawad Air Base", another name for KYE is "مطار الرئيس الشهيد رينيه معوض".
- The closest airport to Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) is Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) N of KYE.
Facts about Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK):
- The airport serves the Madawaska and Fort Kent regions and, to a lesser extent, parts of New Brunswick, Canada.
- Because of Northern Aroostook Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 988 feet, planes can take off or land at Northern Aroostook Regional 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 addition to being known as "Northern Aroostook Regional Airport", another name for WFK is "FVE".
- The furthest airport from Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,527 miles (18,551 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK) is Saint-Léonard Aerodrome (YSL), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) ESE of WFK.
- Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (WFK) currently has only 1 runway.
- No current commercial service.
