Nonstop flight route between Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States and Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Harry Stern Airport (WAH), Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States and 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX), Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,438 miles (or 2,315 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 Harry Stern Airport and 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown,, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Harry Stern Airport (WAH):

• In addition to being known as "Harry Stern Airport", another name for WAH is "BWP".
• Harry Stern Airport (WAH) has 2 runways.
• Because of Harry Stern Airport's relatively low elevation of 968 feet, planes can take off or land at Harry Stern 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 furthest airport from Harry Stern Airport (WAH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,574 miles (17,018 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Harry Stern Airport (WAH) is Fergus Falls Municipal Airport (FFM), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) E of WAH.
• Harry Stern Airport is a public use airport in Richland County, North Dakota, United States.

Facts about 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX):

• Increased defence spending in the 1980s saw numerous new training facilities built and ranges modernized, and this continued into the 1990s as the Canadian Forces closed smaller bases in response to further defence budget cuts.
• Because of 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown,'s relatively low elevation of 166 feet, planes can take off or land at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, 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.
• In 2009, a New York production company is releasing a feature length documentary looking into the herbicide sprayings that took place at the base from 1956-1984.
• The furthest airport from 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,652 miles (18,752 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX) is Fredericton International Airport (YFC), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) WNW of YCX.
• Construction of the base facilities in Oromocto benefitted from convenient railway connections provided by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways.
• At the time of its opening in 1956, until the opening of CFB Suffield in 1971, Camp Gagetown was the largest military training facility in Canada and the British Commonwealth of Nations.
• Existing training facilities dating from the First and Second World Wars in eastern Canada were relatively small, thus a new facility was considered.