Nonstop flight route between Burwash Landing, Yukon, Canada and St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Burwash Airport (YDB), Burwash Landing, Yukon, Canada and Samedan Airport (SMV), St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,783 miles (or 7,697 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 Burwash Airport and Samedan 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 Burwash Airport and Samedan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YDB / CYDB |
Airport Name: | Burwash Airport |
Location: | Burwash Landing, Yukon, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 61°22'14"N by 139°2'23"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Yukon |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2645 feet (806 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YDB |
More Information: | YDB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMV / LSZS |
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Location: | St. Moritz / Samedan, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°32'2"N by 9°53'2"E |
Area Served: | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Airport Type: | Public and military |
Elevation: | 5600 feet (1,707 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SMV |
More Information: | SMV Maps & Info |
Facts about Burwash Airport (YDB):
- The closest airport to Burwash Airport (YDB) is Haines Junction Airport (YHT), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) SE of YDB.
- Burwash Airport (YDB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Burwash Airport (YDB) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,426 miles (16,779 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Facts about Samedan Airport (SMV):
- At an elevation of 1,707 metres, it is one of the highest airports in Europe.
- The closest airport to Samedan Airport (SMV) is Lugano Airport (LUG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SW of SMV.
- Because of Samedan Airport's high elevation of 5,600 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SMV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SMV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Samedan Airport", another name for SMV is "Flughafen Engadin".
- The airport was used as one of the locations for filming "Where Eagles Dare".
- Samedan Airport (SMV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Samedan Airport (SMV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Samedan Airport (meaning Samedan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,075 miles (19,433 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.