Nonstop flight route between Gimli, Manitoba, Canada and Riverside, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM), Gimli, Manitoba, Canada and March Air Reserve Base (RIV), Riverside, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,542 miles (or 2,481 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 relatively short distance between Gimli Industrial Park Airport and March Air Reserve Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YGM / CYGM |
Airport Name: | Gimli Industrial Park Airport |
Location: | Gimli, Manitoba, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°37'41"N by 97°2'35"W |
Operator/Owner: | Rural Municipality of Gimli |
Airport Type: | public |
Elevation: | 753 feet (230 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YGM |
More Information: | YGM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RIV / KRIV |
Airport Name: | March Air Reserve Base |
Location: | Riverside, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°52'50"N by 117°15'33"W |
View all routes: | Routes from RIV |
More Information: | RIV Maps & Info |
Facts about Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM):
- Because of Gimli Industrial Park Airport's relatively low elevation of 753 feet, planes can take off or land at Gimli Industrial Park 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 closest airport to Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM) is Arnes Airport (YNR), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NNE of YGM.
- The furthest airport from Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,454 miles (16,824 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Opened as RCAF Station Gimli, the airfield served during World War II as the home of Service Flying Training School #18 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
- Three people were killed on August 27, 1992 when a NewCal Aviation turbine-modified de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou they were aboard crashed on the airfield during climb-out after a short take-off from the airport.
- Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about March Air Reserve Base (RIV):
- At the same time, the War Department announced its intentions to build several new military installations.
- On 20 March 1918, Alessandro Flying Training Field became March Field, named in honor of Second Lieutenant Peyton C.
- March Field served as a base for primary flight training with an eight-week course.
- The Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 quickly brought March Field back into the business of training aircrews.
- The Army quickly set about establishing the new air field.
- The furthest airport from March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,461 miles (18,445 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- On 1 May 1949, March became a part of the Strategic Air Command and the Fifteenth Air Force.
- As March Field began to take on the appearance of a permanent military installation, the base's basic mission changed.
- The closest airport to March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Flabob Airport (RIR), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of RIV.