Nonstop flight route between Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada and Nikolski, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dease Lake Airport (YDL), Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada and Nikolski Air Station (IKO), Nikolski, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,535 miles (or 2,471 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 Dease Lake Airport and Nikolski Air Station, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Dease Lake Airport (YDL):

• Dease Lake Airport (YDL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Dease Lake Airport (YDL) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,414 miles (16,760 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Dease Lake Airport (YDL) is Telegraph Creek Airport (YTX), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) SW of YDL.

Facts about Nikolski Air Station (IKO):

• The furthest airport from Nikolski Air Station (IKO) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 11,076 miles (17,824 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Nikolski Air Station (IKO) is Unalaska Airport (DUT), which is located 116 miles (186 kilometers) NE of IKO.
• Nikolski Air Station is an unattended airport located in Nikolski on Umnak Island in the Aleutians West Census Area of the U.S.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 165 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 219 enplanements in 2009, and 160 in 2010.
• Nikolski Air Station (IKO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was built in 1958 to support Nikolski Air Force Station, a Cold War United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line radar station on Umnak Island.
• Because of Nikolski Air Station's relatively low elevation of 77 feet, planes can take off or land at Nikolski Air 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.