Nonstop flight route between Obre Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada and Kandahar, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW), Obre Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,062 miles (or 9,755 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 Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport and Kabul 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 Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YDW / |
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Location: | Obre Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°18'56"N by 103°7'54"W |
Operator/Owner: | North of Sixty Fishing Camps |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 1202 feet (366 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YDW |
More Information: | YDW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KDH / OAKN |
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Location: | Kandahar, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°30'25"N by 65°51'1"E |
Area Served: | Southern Afghanistan |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 3330 feet (1,015 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KDH |
More Information: | KDH Maps & Info |
Facts about Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW):
- In addition to being known as "Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport", another name for YDW is "CKV4".
- The closest airport to Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW) is Stony Rapids Airport (YSF), which is located 120 miles (192 kilometers) SW of YDW.
- The furthest airport from Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 9,941 miles (15,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Obre Lake/North of Sixty Airport (YDW) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):
- Coalition presence increases
- In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
- Reconstruction and Canadian deployments
- The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Fighting in the Kandahar area was particularly intense.
- Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Since the airport was designed as a military base, it is likely that the United States intended to use it in case there was a show-down of war between the United States and former USSR.
- The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
- 2009 Surge and onwards