Nonstop flight route between Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Odessa, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iqaluit Airport (YFB), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Odesa International Airport (ODS), Odessa, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,666 miles (or 5,901 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 Odesa 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 Iqaluit Airport and Odesa International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Iqaluit Airport (YFB):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• With the introduction of the intercontinental Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, fewer airlines stopped at Iqaluit.
• Through the 1960s, Nordair was the main airline serving Frobisher Bay from Montreal, 1,100 nautical miles to the south.
• The closest airport to Iqaluit Airport (YFB) is Kimmirut Airport (YLC), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSW of YFB.

Facts about Odesa International Airport (ODS):

• The closest airport to Odesa International Airport (ODS) is International Airport Mykolaiv (Nikolaev Airport) (NLV), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) NE of ODS.
• Odesa International Airport (ODS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Odesa International Airport (ODS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,108 miles (17,877 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Odesa International Airport", other names for ODS include "Міжнародний аеропорт «Одеса»" and "Международный аэропорт «Одесса»".
• Because of Odesa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 172 feet, planes can take off or land at Odesa 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 airport was built in 1961.