Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Lac Brochet, Manitoba, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Lac Brochet Airport (XLB), Lac Brochet, Manitoba, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,839 miles (or 2,960 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Lac Brochet Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XLB / CZWH |
Airport Name: | Lac Brochet Airport |
Location: | Lac Brochet, Manitoba, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°36'51"N by 101°28'8"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Manitoba |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1211 feet (369 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from XLB |
More Information: | XLB Maps & Info |
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):
- Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
- For many years WFF was home to the NSIP Sub-SEM and SEM projects.
- The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
- The furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 WFF Main Base is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula about 5 miles west of Chincoteague, Virginia.
- In 1959, NASA acquired the former Naval Air Station Chincoteague, and engineering and administrative activities were moved to this location.
- LCT2 is an effort to produce a relatively low-cost transceiver to allow launch vehicles to communicate through NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System after they have gone over the horizon from the launch site.
Facts about Lac Brochet Airport (XLB):
- The closest airport to Lac Brochet Airport (XLB) is Brochet Airport (YBT), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) S of XLB.
- The furthest airport from Lac Brochet Airport (XLB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,049 miles (16,172 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Lac Brochet Airport (XLB) currently has only 1 runway.