Nonstop flight route between Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada and Doha, Qatar:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF), Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada and Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD), Doha, Qatar would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,795 miles (or 10,936 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 Region of Waterloo International Airport and Al-Udeid Air Base, 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 Region of Waterloo International Airport and Al-Udeid Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YKF / CYKF |
Airport Name: | Region of Waterloo International Airport |
Location: | Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°27'38"N by 80°22'42"W |
Area Served: | Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario |
Operator/Owner: | Regional Municipality of Waterloo, OntarioAirport Manager - Chris Wood, AAE |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1055 feet (322 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YKF |
More Information: | YKF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IUD / OTBH |
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Location: | Doha, Qatar |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°7'1"N by 51°18'52"E |
Operator/Owner: | Qatar Emiri Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 130 feet (40 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IUD |
More Information: | IUD Maps & Info |
Facts about Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF):
- The closest airport to Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SE of YKF.
- Region of Waterloo International Airport handled 138,733 passengers last year.
- The baseball diamond and soccer pitch at Lexington Park, 291 Lexington Road in Waterloo, are the site of the original hangar built in 1930.
- The furthest airport from Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport, also known as Lexington Airport, began construction in 1929 on the Heinrich farm on Lexington Road in Waterloo.
- As of September 2013, Nolinor Aviation began three weekly and four every other week charter service from the airport to Mary River via Iqaluit with a Boeing 737-200 combi.
- On 22 March 2011, Bearskin Airlines announced daily flight to Montreal beginning on 1 May 2011.
- On 13 December 2011 American Airlines announced new daily nonstop flights to Chicago beginning on 14 June 2012, the airport's first destination to the United States since 2009.
- Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) has 2 runways.
Facts about Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD):
- Following Australia's formal withdraw of forces from Iraq and to upon Afghanistan in 2008, the air bridge for operations in the Middle East was re-located to Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.
- Following joint military operations during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Qatar and the United States concluded a Defense Cooperation Agreement that has been subsequently expanded.
- Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Al Udeid and other facilities in Qatar serve as logistics, command, and basing hubs for the U.S.
- Because of Al-Udeid Air Base's relatively low elevation of 130 feet, planes can take off or land at Al-Udeid Air Base 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 FY2012 request includes $37 million to continue the dormitory and recreation facility project.
- The closest airport to Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) is Hamad International Airport (DOH), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) ENE of IUD.
- The Administration’s FY2011 military construction request for Qatar was $64.3 million, for Air Force facilities and a National Security Agency warehouse.
- In addition to being known as "Al-Udeid Air Base", other names for IUD include "قاعدة العديد الجوية" and "XJD".
- The furthest airport from Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Al-Udeid Air Base (meaning Al-Udeid Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 authorizes $69.6 million in FY2009 spending to build new Air Force and Special Operations facilities.