Nonstop flight route between Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada and Puerto Montt, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport (YHI), Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada and El Tepual International Airport (PMC), Puerto Montt, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,063 miles (or 12,977 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 Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport and El Tepual 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 Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport and El Tepual International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport (YHI):

• Because of Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport's relatively low elevation of 117 feet, planes can take off or land at Ulukhaktok/Holman 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 Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport (YHI) is Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC), which is located 177 miles (284 kilometers) WSW of YHI.
• The furthest airport from Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport (YHI) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 9,609 miles (15,464 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Currently the only fuel available is turbine kerosene and it is provided by a local contractor.
• Gravel for the runway was obtained from the north bank of the Okpilik River and the area was left untouched.
• Ulukhaktok/Holman Airport (YHI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Construction of the runway and associated facilities had begun in 1976 by Fred H.
• The runway is the standard gravel strip that is seen in most Canadian Arctic communities and is 4,300 by 100 ft with the centre 117 ft above sea leavel.

Facts about El Tepual International Airport (PMC):

• El Tepual is owned by a number of international companies, headed by Chile's IDC,or Administracion de Concesiones.
• In addition to being known as "El Tepual International Airport", another name for PMC is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Tepual".
• In 2004, the IDC estimated that one million passengers passed through the airport's gates, making it Chile's second busiest.
• The furthest airport from El Tepual International Airport (PMC) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to El Tepual International Airport (meaning El Tepual International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,323 miles (19,832 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
• The closest airport to El Tepual International Airport (PMC) is Frutillar Airport (FRT), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) N of PMC.
• A large number of different airlines operate off-regular schedule service into El Tepual.
• El Tepual International Airport (PMC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of El Tepual International Airport's relatively low elevation of 294 feet, planes can take off or land at El Tepual 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.
• El Tepual International Airport handled 1,000,000 passengers last year.