Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Ames, Iowa, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Edmonton (YED), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Ames Municipal Airport (AMW), Ames, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,218 miles (or 1,959 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 CFB Edmonton and Ames Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about CFB Edmonton (YED):

• The furthest airport from CFB Edmonton (YED) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,216 miles (16,441 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, along with elements of Lord Strathcona's Horse and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment were chosen to be a part of Canada's military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks and were deployed on combat operations to Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002.
• The closest airport to CFB Edmonton (YED) is Edmonton International Airport (YEG), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) S of YED.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Edmonton", other names for YED include "Edmonton/Namao Heliport Edmonton Garrison" and "Steele Barracks".
• The Area Support Unit and CFB Edmonton provide infrastructure and support to 47 units located in and around Edmonton.
• Federal Government budget cuts forced the command of the air station to be transferred to the Canadian Forces Land Force Command in 1994.
• During the war the airfield became a staging point for the US defence of Alaska and was heavily used by the US military.

Facts about Ames Municipal Airport (AMW):

• Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) is Boone Municipal Airport (BNW), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) WNW of AMW.
• Ames Municipal Airport covers an area of 700 acres which contains an asphalt paved runway 1/19 measuring 5,701 by 100 ft and a concrete runway 13/31 measuring 3,491 by 75 ft.
• The furthest airport from Ames Municipal Airport (AMW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,785 miles (17,357 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.