Nonstop flight route between Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Saint-Hubert, Longueuil (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport (YHU), Saint-Hubert, Longueuil (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,225 miles (or 5,190 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 RAF Northolt and Montréal/Saint-Hubert 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 RAF Northolt and Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NHT / EGWU |
Airport Name: | RAF Northolt |
Location: | Ruislip, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°33'11"N by 0°25'5"W |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from NHT |
More Information: | NHT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YHU / CYHU |
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Location: | Saint-Hubert, Longueuil (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°31'5"N by 73°25'0"W |
Area Served: | Longueuil, Quebec and Greater Montreal |
Operator/Owner: | DASH-L (Développement Aéroport Saint-Hubert de Longueuil) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 90 feet (27 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from YHU |
More Information: | YHU Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):
- Attention was high again in 2001 when Ronnie Biggs, the seriously ill, fugitive Great Train Robber, was flown from Brazil to the airfield to be arrested by waiting police officers.
- Following Louis Blériot's first flight across the English Channel in 1909, the British Army considered the necessity of defending the United Kingdom from a future air attack.
- The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
- The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- An additional memorial to British, Polish, Australian and New Zealand aircrew killed during the Battle of Britain was unveiled in September 2010.
- Thirty Allied airmen including servicemen from Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, Poland and the United Kingdom were killed flying from RAF Northolt during the Battle of Britain, of whom ten were Polish.
- Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
Facts about Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport (YHU):
- The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
- The airport was divided into two sides, a military side along with the Pratt & Whitney Canada facility and a civilian side.
- Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport (YHU) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport (YHU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,518 miles (18,537 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport", another name for YHU is "Aéroport Montréal Saint-Hubert Longueuil".
- The closest airport to Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport (YHU) is Cartierville Airport (YCV), which is located only 15 miles (23 kilometers) W of YHU.
- Because of Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport's relatively low elevation of 90 feet, planes can take off or land at Montréal/Saint-Hubert 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.
- It was here that the body of Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte was found during the October Crisis of 1970.