Nonstop flight route between Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Lausanne, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edmonton International Airport (YEG), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Lausanne Airport (QLS), Lausanne, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,695 miles (or 7,556 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 Edmonton International Airport and Lausanne 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 Edmonton International Airport and Lausanne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YEG / CYEG |
Airport Name: | Edmonton International Airport |
Location: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°18'36"N by 113°34'45"W |
Area Served: | Edmonton Capital Region, Alberta |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2373 feet (723 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YEG |
More Information: | YEG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QLS / LSGL |
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Location: | Lausanne, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°32'43"N by 6°37'0"E |
Area Served: | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Elevation: | 2040 feet (622 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QLS |
More Information: | QLS Maps & Info |
Facts about Edmonton International Airport (YEG):
- Edmonton International Airport provides scheduled non-stop flights to 59 destinations.
- The furthest airport from Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,239 miles (16,478 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Edmonton International Airport handled 6,983,229 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is CFB Edmonton (YED), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) N of YEG.
- EIA offers US Border Pre-clearance facilities.
- During the 1970s, the airport experienced a rapid growth in traffic as the city of Edmonton grew, and served approximately 2 million passengers by 1980.
- Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has 2 runways.
- By the time the expansion project was completed in 2005, continued passenger growth triggered planning for another expansion.
- Canadian North maintains its operations facilities on a building on the airport grounds.
Facts about Lausanne Airport (QLS):
- In addition to being known as "Lausanne Airport", another name for QLS is "Aéroport de Lausanne-Blécherette".
- The furthest airport from Lausanne Airport (QLS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Lausanne Airport (meaning Lausanne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,196 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Lausanne Airport (QLS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The city established a runway in 1910.
- Lausanne Airport can be reached via the A9 motorway or public bus lines 1 and 21 of Transports publics de la région lausannoise.
- The closest airport to Lausanne Airport (QLS) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SW of QLS.