Nonstop flight route between Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Igloolik Airport (YGT), Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,055 miles (or 4,917 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 Mainz Finthen Airport and Igloolik 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 Mainz Finthen Airport and Igloolik Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ):

• Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) has 2 runways.
• The airport was taken over by the French military in July 1945, and engineers moved in to clear the wartime wreckage and rebuild the facility.
• Because of Mainz Finthen Airport's relatively low elevation of 525 feet, planes can take off or land at Mainz Finthen 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 airport has numerous World War II relics, the largest being the wartime German hangar.
• The furthest airport from Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,959 miles (19,246 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Mainz Finthen Airport", other names for QMZ include "Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen" and "Advanced Landing Ground Y-64".
• The closest airport to Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of QMZ.
• Originally named Fliegerhorst Ober-Olm, the airfield was built as a Luftwaffe military airfield, which opened in 1939.

Facts about Igloolik Airport (YGT):

• The furthest airport from Igloolik Airport (YGT) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 9,943 miles (16,002 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Igloolik Airport (YGT) is Hall Beach Airport (YUX), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSE of YGT.
• Igloolik Airport (YGT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Igloolik Airport's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Igloolik 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.