Nonstop flight route between Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada and Attu Island, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pincher Creek Airport (WPC), Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada and Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU), Attu Island, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,025 miles (or 4,869 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 Pincher Creek Airport and Casco Cove Coast Guard Station, 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 Pincher Creek Airport and Casco Cove Coast Guard Station. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pincher Creek Airport (WPC):

• The furthest airport from Pincher Creek Airport (WPC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,460 miles (16,834 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Pincher Creek Airport (WPC) is Cowley Airport (YYM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNW of WPC.
• Pincher Creek Airport (WPC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU):

• Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The Casco Cove Airport was a LORAN navigation station operated by the United States Coast Guard.
• Because of Casco Cove Coast Guard Station's relatively low elevation of 88 feet, planes can take off or land at Casco Cove Coast Guard Station 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.
• Casco Cove CGS resides at elevation of 88 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU) is Eareckson Air Station (SYA), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) ESE of ATU.
• The furthest airport from Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,631 miles (17,109 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Casco Cove Coast Guard Station is a military facility and private use airfield on Attu Island, one of the Aleutian Islands in the U.S.
• In addition to being known as "Casco Cove Coast Guard Station", other names for ATU include "LORAN Station Attu" and "(former Naval Air Facility Attu)".