Nonstop flight route between Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada and Da Nang, Vietnam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport (LAK), Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada and Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD), Da Nang, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,838 miles (or 9,395 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 Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport and Đà Nẵng 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 Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport and Đà Nẵng 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 Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport (LAK):

• The closest airport to Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport (LAK) is Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport (YEV), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) E of LAK.
• Because of Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael 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 furthest airport from Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport (LAK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 9,951 miles (16,015 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Aklavik/Freddie Carmichael Airport (LAK) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD):

• Because of Đà Nẵng International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Đà Nẵng 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 addition to being known as "Đà Nẵng International Airport", another name for DAD is "Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng".
• During the Vietnam War, the facility was known as Da Nang Air Base, and was a major United States military base.
• The closest airport to Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD) is Phu Bai International Airport (HUI), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NW of DAD.
• Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD) has 2 runways.
• Đà Nẵng International Airport is located in Đà Nẵng, the largest city in central Vietnam.
• The furthest airport from Đà Nẵng International Airport (DAD) is Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP), which is nearly antipodal to Đà Nẵng International Airport (meaning Đà Nẵng International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rodríguez Ballón International Airport), and is located 12,412 miles (19,975 kilometers) away in Arequipa, Peru.
• After the war, the facility was used by the French Air Force during the French Indochina War.
• Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia.