Nonstop flight route between Sara, Vanuatu and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sara Airport (SSR), Sara, Vanuatu and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,105 miles (or 14,653 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 Sara Airport and Gander International 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 Sara Airport and Gander International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SSR / NVSH |
Airport Name: | Sara Airport |
Location: | Sara, Vanuatu |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°28'14"S by 168°9'7"E |
Area Served: | Arongbwaratu, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from SSR |
More Information: | SSR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQX / CYQX |
Airport Name: | Gander International Airport |
Location: | Gander, Newfoundland, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°56'12"N by 54°34'5"W |
Area Served: | Gander, Newfoundland |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 496 feet (151 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQX |
More Information: | YQX Maps & Info |
Facts about Sara Airport (SSR):
- The closest airport to Sara Airport (SSR) is Longana Airport (LOD), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of SSR.
- The furthest airport from Sara Airport (SSR) is Sélibaby Airport (SEY), which is nearly antipodal to Sara Airport (meaning Sara Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sélibaby Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Sélibaby, Mauritania.
Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):
- Following Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, the government renamed the airport Gander Airport and it came under the administration of Canada's federal Department of Transport.
- The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
- Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.
- To honour the people of Gander and Halifax for their support during the operation, Lufthansa named a new Airbus A340-300 "Gander/Halifax" on May 16, 2002.
- Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.