Nonstop flight route between Pechora, Komi Republic, Russia and Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pechora Airport (PEX), Pechora, Komi Republic, Russia and Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,120 miles (or 5,021 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 Pechora Airport and Iqaluit 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 Pechora Airport and Iqaluit Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PEX / UUYP |
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Location: | Pechora, Komi Republic, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°7'18"N by 57°7'48"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 197 feet (60 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PEX |
More Information: | PEX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YFB / CYFB |
Airport Name: | Iqaluit Airport |
Location: | Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 63°45'24"N by 68°33'21"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 110 feet (34 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YFB |
More Information: | YFB Maps & Info |
Facts about Pechora Airport (PEX):
- The closest airport to Pechora Airport (PEX) is Inta Airport Аэропорт Инта (INA), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) NE of PEX.
- Pechora Airport (PEX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Pechora Airport (PEX) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,552 miles (16,982 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- Because of Pechora Airport's relatively low elevation of 197 feet, planes can take off or land at Pechora 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 "Pechora Airport", another name for PEX is "Аэропорт Печора".
Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):
- Because of Iqaluit Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Iqaluit 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.
- Iqaluit Airport was originally founded as Frobisher Bay Air Base in 1942.
- The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
- There is a persistent but false rumour that Iqaluit Airport is one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle, due to the length of its runway and its geographic location.
- In January 2012 Air Greenland announced that a 1-hour, 45-minute flight from Nuuk to Iqaluit, down from three days when going via Copenhagen or Reykjavik and then on to Ottawa, would begin 18 June 2012, later changed to 15 June.
- The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, conducted cold weather testing from Iqaluit Airport during February 2006 - its first North American visit.
- The furthest airport from Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,428 miles (16,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- In December 2005 the Government of Nunavut announced that they would spend $40 million to repair the runway, build a new emergency services facility and a new terminal.
- Through the 1960s, Nordair was the main airline serving Frobisher Bay from Montreal, 1,100 nautical miles to the south.
- Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.