Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Yaren, Nauru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Edmonton (YED), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Nauru International Airport (INU), Yaren, Nauru would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,824 miles (or 9,374 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 CFB Edmonton and Nauru 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 CFB Edmonton and Nauru International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about CFB Edmonton (YED):

• 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 furthest airport from CFB Edmonton (YED) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,216 miles (16,441 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• On June 7, 2013, the base hosted the raising of a rainbow flag to kick off Edmonton Pride, the first time in Canadian history that the flag has flown on a military base.
• In 1968, when Canada's armed forces were amalgamated, RCAF Station Namao was redesignated Canadian Forces Base Edmonton and was under command of the new Air Transport Command and later Air Command.
• Although both runways are still visible they are no longer in use except for a 45 m × 150 m section of 03/21 used by helicopters.

Facts about Nauru International Airport (INU):

• In 2005, the only Boeing 737-400 of the near-bankrupt airline Air Nauru was seized by creditors in Australia.
• The airport has the head office of Our Airline.
• In addition to being known as "Nauru International Airport", another name for INU is "Reikoariata Republik Naoero".
• The furthest airport from Nauru International Airport (INU) is Greenville/Sinoe Airport (SNI), which is nearly antipodal to Nauru International Airport (meaning Nauru International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Greenville/Sinoe Airport), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Greenville, Liberia.
• Because of Nauru International Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Nauru International 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 airstrip was built during the Japanese occupation of Nauru using forced labour and became operational in January 1943.
• The closest airport to Nauru International Airport (INU) is Ebon Airport (EBO), which is located 377 miles (607 kilometers) NNE of INU.
• Nauru International Airport (INU) currently has only 1 runway.