Nonstop flight route between Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cambridge Bay Airport (YCB), Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,180 miles (or 5,118 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 Cambridge Bay Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base, 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 Cambridge Bay Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cambridge Bay Airport (YCB):

• The closest airport to Cambridge Bay Airport (YCB) is Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK), which is located 233 miles (376 kilometers) E of YCB.
• Because of Cambridge Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 102 feet, planes can take off or land at Cambridge Bay 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 Cambridge Bay Airport (YCB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 9,570 miles (15,402 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Cambridge Bay Airport (YCB) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• The 379th Bomb Wing was activated at Homestead on 1 November 1955.
• For its first six months of existence, Homestead Army Airfield served as a scheduled stop on a well traveled air route from northeast U.S.
• The 482th Fighter Wing is part of the Air Force Reserve Command and Tenth Air Force and functions as the host wing for the installation.
• Beginning in mid 1957, the wing deployed aircraft, crews, and support personnel to North African bases under the REFLEX ACTION program.
• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
• Homestead ARB was established in 1942 as Homestead Army Airfield.
• After being closed by the military, Homestead was known as Dade County Airport, and operated as a civilian facility for almost a decade.
• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• – 50th Area Support Group, Florida Army National Guard
• Homestead Airfield began as a United States Army Air Forces facility on 16 September 1942 when the Army Air Forces assumed control of an isolated airstrip located about a mile inland from the shore of Biscayne Bay.