Nonstop flight route between St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland and Chilko Lake, British Columbia, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Samedan Airport (SMV), St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland and Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome (CJH), Chilko Lake, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,127 miles (or 8,251 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 Samedan Airport and Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome, 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 Samedan Airport and Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMV / LSZS |
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Location: | St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°32'2"N by 9°53'2"E |
Area Served: | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Airport Type: | Public and military |
Elevation: | 5600 feet (1,707 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SMV |
More Information: | SMV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CJH / |
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Location: | Chilko Lake, British Columbia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°37'33"N by 124°8'30"W |
Operator/Owner: | River Ridge Resort, Tsylos Park Lodge & Adventures |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 3850 feet (1,173 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CJH |
More Information: | CJH Maps & Info |
Facts about Samedan Airport (SMV):
- Because of Samedan Airport's high elevation of 5,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SMV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SMV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Samedan Airport (SMV) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Samedan Airport", another name for SMV is "Flughafen Engadin".
- The closest airport to Samedan Airport (SMV) is Lugano Airport (LUG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SW of SMV.
- The airport was used as one of the locations for filming "Where Eagles Dare".
- The furthest airport from Samedan Airport (SMV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Samedan Airport (meaning Samedan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,075 miles (19,433 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome (CJH):
- Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome (CJH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome", another name for CJH is "CAG3".
- The furthest airport from Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome (CJH) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,541 miles (16,964 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Chilko Lake (Tsylos Park Lodge) Aerodrome (CJH) is Anahim Lake Airport (YAA), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) NW of CJH.