Nonstop flight route between Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States and Suffield, Alberta, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS), Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States and CFB Suffield (YSD), Suffield, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 706 miles (or 1,135 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 Steamboat Springs Airport and CFB Suffield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBS / KSBS |
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| Location: | Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°30'57"N by 106°51'59"W |
| Area Served: | Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Steamboat Springs |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6882 feet (2,098 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SBS |
| More Information: | SBS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YSD / CYSD |
| Airport Name: | CFB Suffield |
| Location: | Suffield, Alberta, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°16'23"N by 111°10'29"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 2525 feet (770 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from YSD |
| More Information: | YSD Maps & Info |
Facts about Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS):
- Larger aircraft land at the Yampa Valley Airport 25 miles west of Steamboat Springs near Hayden, which can handle the Boeing 737 and 757 as well as the Airbus A319 and A320, and has mainline jet flights during ski season and year-round United Express regional jets and turboprops to Denver.
- Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,891 miles (17,527 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- There is no air traffic control tower.
- The closest airport to Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS) is Yampa Valley Airport (HDN), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) W of SBS.
- The airport covers 436 acres at an elevation of 6,882 feet.
- In addition to being known as "Steamboat Springs Airport", another name for SBS is "Bob Adams Field".
- Because of Steamboat Springs Airport's high elevation of 6,882 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SBS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SBS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about CFB Suffield (YSD):
- Following the fall of Algeria to Nazi Germany, the British Army required a new training facility for carrying out experiments in chemical warfare.
- On August 25, 1971, the Canadian Government ratified a ten-year agreement with the British Government that allowed the British Armed Forces to use the northern three-quarters of the Suffield Block.
- The closest airport to CFB Suffield (YSD) is Medicine Hat Airport (YXH), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SE of YSD.
- The furthest airport from CFB Suffield (YSD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,339 miles (16,640 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Canadian Forces Base Suffield is the largest Canadian Forces Base and the largest Commonwealth military training base in the world.
