Nonstop flight route between Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pond Inlet Airport (YIO), Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Belfast International Airport (BFS), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,323 miles (or 3,739 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 Pond Inlet Airport and Belfast International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YIO / CYIO |
| Airport Name: | Pond Inlet Airport |
| Location: | Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 72°41'21"N by 77°58'8"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 202 feet (62 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YIO |
| More Information: | YIO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BFS / EGAA |
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| Location: | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°39'26"N by 6°12'56"W |
| Area Served: | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Operator/Owner: | ADC & HAS. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 268 feet (82 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BFS |
| More Information: | BFS Maps & Info |
Facts about Pond Inlet Airport (YIO):
- Because of Pond Inlet Airport's relatively low elevation of 202 feet, planes can take off or land at Pond Inlet 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.
- Pond Inlet Airport (YIO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Pond Inlet Airport (YIO) is Nanisivik Airport (YSR), which is located 137 miles (220 kilometers) WNW of YIO.
- The furthest airport from Pond Inlet Airport (YIO) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 9,903 miles (15,938 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Facts about Belfast International Airport (BFS):
- The furthest airport from Belfast International Airport (BFS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,847 miles (19,065 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Belfast International Airport handled 4,023,336 passengers last year.
- One of the outcomes of the wartime airfield construction programme was the building of Nutts Corner Airport, just 3 mi from Aldergrove.
- In addition to being known as "Belfast International Airport", another name for BFS is "Belfast/Aldergrove Airport".
- In December 2007 Aer Lingus opened a base at Belfast International, its third hub.
- Despite these additional flights, passengers at Belfast International did not rise beyond 6 million in 2008 as some had predicted but in fact fell by 10,000 passengers to 5.2 million.
- Because of Belfast International Airport's relatively low elevation of 268 feet, planes can take off or land at Belfast 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.
- By the 1950s civil air traffic had outstripped the facilities at Nutts Corner and, in addition, aircraft were being regularly diverted to Aldergrove because of adverse weather conditions.
- Belfast International Airport (BFS) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Belfast International Airport (BFS) is George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) E of BFS.
- The airport is owned by ADC & HAS, the same company which owns Stockholm Skavsta, Orlando Sanford International Airport, Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport & Juan Santamaría International Airport.
