Nonstop flight route between Newport News, Virginia, United States and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF), Newport News, Virginia, United States and Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport (YPA), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,783 miles (or 2,869 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 relatively short distance between Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport and Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF):

• In 1946, Virginia's General Assembly passed legislation creating the Peninsula Airport Commission to determine a location for and establish a new commercial airport to serve the cities of Newport News, Hampton, and Warwick.
• The airport has handled more than one million passengers every year since 2005.
• The furthest airport from Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,749 miles (18,908 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Until the 1990s, part of the original terminal building was named Flight Services Building, and home to the National Weather Service.
• Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) has 2 runways.
• Because of Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport's relatively low elevation of 43 feet, planes can take off or land at Newport News/Williamsburg 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.
• Between 1952 and the 1970, three other airlines United Airlines, National Airlines, and Allegheny Airlines extended service to the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport", another name for PHF is "Patrick Henry Field".
• Concourse A opened in May 2010 as the airport's second concourse.
• When the original control tower was shut down in July 2007 with the opening of the state of the art 147 ft tall new tower, it had been the oldest operating control tower on the east coast with continuous service for 55 years.
• The closest airport to Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) is Langley Field (LFI), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of PHF.

Facts about Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport (YPA):

• The airport was originally opened near Prince Albert on 22 July 1940 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as No.
• Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport (YPA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport (YPA) is Tisdale Airport (YTT), which is located 72 miles (115 kilometers) ESE of YPA.
• All that remains of the former No.
• The furthest airport from Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport (YPA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,052 miles (16,178 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.