Nonstop flight route between Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Kingman, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Kingman Airport (IGM), Kingman, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,731 miles (or 4,395 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 Iqaluit Airport and Kingman 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 Iqaluit Airport and Kingman Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):

• The furthest airport from Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,428 miles (16,782 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, conducted cold weather testing from Iqaluit Airport during February 2006 - its first North American visit.
• Iqaluit Airport was originally founded as Frobisher Bay Air Base in 1942.
• There are 30 short term parking spaces at the airport.
• There is a persistent but false rumour that Iqaluit Airport is one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle, due to the length of its runway and its geographic location.
• Because of Iqaluit Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Iqaluit 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.
• Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.

Facts about Kingman Airport (IGM):

• The tens of thousands of warbirds that had survived the enemy fighter planes and fierce anti-aircraft fire ended up at Albuquerque, Altus, Kingman, Ontario, Walnut Ridge and Clinton.
• Kingman Airport (IGM) has 2 runways.
• The 1120th and the 329th merged with the 328th to become the 328th Flexible Gunnery Training Group.
• On April 22, 1944, the Kingman Army Air Field was consolidated and the host unit was redesignated as the 3018th Army Air Force Base Unit.
• In addition to being known as "Kingman Airport", another name for IGM is "(former Kingman Army Airfield)".
• Kingman Army Air Field was set up to handle two classes of about 200 students at any one time.
• The furthest airport from Kingman Airport (IGM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,353 miles (18,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• After 1945 there was no need for a gunnery school - or for the airplanes that carried the guns.
• The closest airport to Kingman Airport (IGM) is Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (IFP), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of IGM.