Nonstop flight route between Lakeview, Oregon, United States and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lake County Airport (LKV), Lakeview, Oregon, United States and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,118 miles (or 5,019 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 Lake County Airport and Gander 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 Lake County Airport and Gander 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 Lake County Airport (LKV):

• The closest airport to Lake County Airport (LKV) is Crater Lake- Klamath Regional Airport (LMT), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) W of LKV.
• Because of Lake County Airport's high elevation of 4,733 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LKV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LKV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Lake County Airport (LKV) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lake County Airport (LKV) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,051 miles (17,785 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):

• Following Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, the government renamed the airport Gander Airport and it came under the administration of Canada's federal Department of Transport.
• In late-1985, Gander was the site of the Arrow Air Flight 1285 disaster, in which a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 with 256 people on board crashed during takeoff due to atmospheric icing.
• Officials at Gander International Airport have stated that the future for the airport is grim unless the federal government provides funding to cover costs.
• During the Cold War Gander was notable for the number of persons from the former Warsaw Pact nations who defected there.
• Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.
• Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• With the advent of jets with longer range in the 1960s most flights no longer needed to refuel.
• In March 2010, Sun Country Airlines announced that it would use Gander as a refueling stop for its new summer 2010 service between Minneapolis and London Stansted Airport and for its summer 2011 service between Minneapolis and London Gatwick Airport.
• The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
• On September 11, 2001, with United States airspace closed due to the terrorist attacks, Gander International played host to 39 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon.