Nonstop flight route between Kangirsuk, Quebec, Canada and Marietta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kangirsuk Airport (YKG), Kangirsuk, Quebec, Canada and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,920 miles (or 3,090 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 Kangirsuk Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kangirsuk Airport (YKG):

• Because of Kangirsuk Airport's relatively low elevation of 406 feet, planes can take off or land at Kangirsuk 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.
• Kangirsuk Airport (YKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kangirsuk Airport (YKG) is Aupaluk Airport (YPJ), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SSE of YKG.
• The furthest airport from Kangirsuk Airport (YKG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,669 miles (17,169 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):

• The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Marietta Army Airfield remained open after the war and became the home of Georgia Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units.
• Also in 1948 the airfield became Marietta Air Force Base as a result of the creation of the United States Air Force.
• The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
• On January 23, 1942, the Bell Aircraft Company and the Department of War announced that an aircraft factory employing up to 40,000 workers would be built near Marietta.
• Originally intended by Cobb County, Georgia as an alternative airfield for Atlanta's Candler Field, this airfield was constructed in 1941 as Rickenbacker Field.
• Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB is a United States air reserve base located in Marietta, Georgia a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta.
• Following the war, the Bell Aircraft Plant #6 remained closed for five years.
• In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
• In 1957, Naval Air Station Atlanta at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport in nereby Chamblee moved to Dobbins AFB.