Nonstop flight route between Kigoma, Tanzania and Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kigoma Airport (TKQ), Kigoma, Tanzania and CFB Cold Lake (YOD), Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,352 miles (or 13,441 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 Kigoma Airport and CFB Cold Lake, 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 Kigoma Airport and CFB Cold Lake. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TKQ / HTKA | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Kigoma, Tanzania | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°53'5"S by 29°40'13"E | 
| Area Served: | Kigoma | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2700 feet (823 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from TKQ | 
| More Information: | TKQ Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YOD / CYOD | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°24'18"N by 110°16'45"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada | 
| Airport Type: | Military | 
| Elevation: | 1775 feet (541 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from YOD | 
| More Information: | YOD Maps & Info | 
Facts about Kigoma Airport (TKQ):
- Kigoma Airport handled 37,652 passengers last year.
- Kigoma Airport (TKQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Kigoma Airport", another name for TKQ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kigoma (Swahili)".
- The closest airport to Kigoma Airport (TKQ) is Kalemie Airport (FMI), which is located 74 miles (120 kilometers) SSW of TKQ.
- The furthest airport from Kigoma Airport (TKQ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,913 miles (19,172 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
Facts about CFB Cold Lake (YOD):
- The closest airport to CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Bonnyville Airport (YBY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of YOD.
- CFB Cold Lake (YOD) has 3 runways.
- "The relatively unrestricted Cold Lake Air Weapons Range represents one of the largest live-drop training ranges in the world and is the largest low-level flying area in North America.
- The furthest airport from CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,097 miles (16,250 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- During the 1980s, CFB Cold Lake was thrust into the international media spotlight when CLAWR was used as the target for testing of the newly developed AGM-86 air-launched cruise missiles by the USAF.
- Operations in the 1950s and early 1960s centered around training crews destined for the CF100 Canuck all weather interceptor which was in operational use in both Canada and Europe.
- In addition to being known as "CFB Cold Lake", another name for YOD is "Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport".




