Nonstop flight route between Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Baker Lake Airport (YBK), Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,136 miles (or 3,438 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 Baker Lake Airport and Pope Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Baker Lake Airport (YBK):

• Baker Lake Airport (YBK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Baker Lake Airport (YBK) is Rankin Inlet Airport (YRT), which is located 159 miles (257 kilometers) SE of YBK.
• Because of Baker Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 61 feet, planes can take off or land at Baker Lake 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 Baker Lake Airport (YBK) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 9,964 miles (16,036 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• The 317th TAW flew the C-130E aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• On September 21, 1954, Ninth AF turned Pope over to the 464th Troop Carrier Wing which transferred from Lawson AFB, Georgia.
• On January 1, 1992 the 317th TAW was reassigned to Air Mobility Command and the wing was redesignated the 317th Operations Group as part of the new 23d Composite Wing at Pope.