Nonstop flight route between North Whale Pass, Alaska, United States and Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between North Whale Seaplane Base (WWP), North Whale Pass, Alaska, United States and Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR), Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,648 miles (or 12,309 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 North Whale Seaplane Base and Laguna de los Patos International Airport, 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 North Whale Seaplane Base and Laguna de los Patos International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about North Whale Seaplane Base (WWP):

• The furthest airport from North Whale Seaplane Base (WWP) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,610 miles (17,076 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• The closest airport to North Whale Seaplane Base (WWP) is Coffman Cove Seaplane Base (KCC), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ESE of WWP.
• North Whale Seaplane Base (WWP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of North Whale Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at North Whale Seaplane Base 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 addition to being known as "North Whale Seaplane Base", another name for WWP is "96Z".

Facts about Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR):

• In addition to being known as "Laguna de los Patos International Airport", another name for CYR is "Aeropuerto Internacional Laguna de los Patos".
• Because of Laguna de los Patos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Laguna de los Patos International 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 closest airport to Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR) is La Plata Airport (LPG), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of CYR.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR) is Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Laguna de los Patos International Airport (meaning Laguna de los Patos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yancheng Nanyang Airport), and is located 12,301 miles (19,796 kilometers) away in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.