Nonstop flight route between Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Kingscote, South Australia, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Kingscote Airport (KGC), Kingscote, South Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,211 miles (or 16,433 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 Kingscote 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 Kingscote 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):

• 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.
• Iqaluit Airport (YFB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In January 2012 Air Greenland announced that a 1-hour, 45-minute flight from Nuuk to Iqaluit, down from three days when going via Copenhagen or Reykjavik and then on to Ottawa, would begin 18 June 2012, later changed to 15 June.
• The airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar routes.
• The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.
• Through the 1960s, Nordair was the main airline serving Frobisher Bay from Montreal, 1,100 nautical miles to the south.
• Since the 1950s, Frobisher Bay had earned a reputation as a technical stop for airlines flying the North Atlantic.
• 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.
• 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.
• As a result of increased traffic, Nunavut government is planning an overhaul of the airport which is expected to cost between $250 and $300 million.

Facts about Kingscote Airport (KGC):

• Kingscote Airport was ranked 60th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.
• Kingscote Airport handled 51,021 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located 11,764 miles (18,933 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• In competition with the larger aircraft, and generally with more flexible timetables, a succession of smaller airlines from the 1980s tried with varying success to maintain a 'second string' presence.
• Kingscote Airport (KGC) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Kingscote Airport (KGC) is Adelaide Airport (ADL), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NE of KGC.
• Because of Kingscote Airport's relatively low elevation of 24 feet, planes can take off or land at Kingscote 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.
• Guinea Airways operated the first commercial service to Kangaroo Island, commencing in the 1930s.