Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Obre Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW), Obre Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,959 miles (or 3,152 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 Obre Lake/North of Sixty 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: | YDW / |
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Location: | Obre Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°18'56"N by 103°7'54"W |
Operator/Owner: | North of Sixty Fishing Camps |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 1202 feet (366 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YDW |
More Information: | YDW Maps & Info |
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (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.
- In the early years, research at Wallops concentrated on obtaining aerodynamic data at transonic and low supersonic speeds.
- 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.
- Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
- 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.
- On September 6, 2013, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer was launched from Wallops, atop a Minotaur V rocket.
- 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 Wallops Visitor Center has a variety of hands-on exhibits and hosts weekly educational activities and programs to enable children to explore and learn about the technologies designed and used by NASA researchers and scientists.
Facts about Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW):
- The furthest airport from Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 9,941 miles (15,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport", another name for YDW is "CKV4".
- The closest airport to Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW) is Stony Rapids Airport (YSF), which is located 120 miles (192 kilometers) SW of YDW.