Nonstop flight route between Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia and Boston, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yakutsk Airport (YKS), Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Boston, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,127 miles (or 8,252 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 Yakutsk Airport and Boston Logan 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 Yakutsk Airport and Boston Logan 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 Yakutsk Airport (YKS):

• The furthest airport from Yakutsk Airport (YKS) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is nearly antipodal to Yakutsk Airport (meaning Yakutsk Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,560 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• The closest airport to Yakutsk Airport (YKS) is Magan Airport (GYG), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) W of YKS.
• In addition to being known as "Yakutsk Airport", another name for YKS is "Аэропорт Якутск / Дьокуускай Аэропорт".
• Because of Yakutsk Airport's relatively low elevation of 325 feet, planes can take off or land at Yakutsk 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.
• Yakutsk has another, smaller airport at Magan.
• Yakutsk Airport (YKS) has 2 runways.

Facts about Boston Logan International Airport (BOS):

• Boston Logan International Airport handled 3,021,863 passengers last year.
• In April 2007 the FAA approved construction of a center field taxiway long-sought by Massport.
• The March 1947 diagram shows 7,000 ft runway 4 in use, with runways 9 and 33 under construction.
• Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) has 6 runways.
• The closest airport to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of BOS.
• In October 2009 US Airways announced it would close its Boston crew base in May 2010.
• The furthest airport from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,767 miles (18,937 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The distinctive central control tower, nearly a dozen stories high, is a local landmark with its pair of segmented elliptical pylons and a six-story platform trussed between them.
• Massport's relationship with nearby communities has been strained since the mid-1960s, when the agency took control of a parcel of residential land and popular fishing area near the northwest side of the airfield.
• Because of Boston Logan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Boston Logan 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.
• Logan has flights to the Azores and Cape Verde because they link Azores American and Cape Verdean American communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.