Nonstop flight route between Chapleau, Ontario, Canada and Tripoli, Libya:
Departure Airport:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chapleau Airport (YLD), Chapleau, Ontario, Canada and Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,856 miles (or 7,815 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 Chapleau Airport and Mitiga 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 Chapleau Airport and Mitiga International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YLD / CYLD |
Airport Name: | Chapleau Airport |
Location: | Chapleau, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°49'13"N by 83°20'48"W |
Operator/Owner: | Township of Chapleau |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1470 feet (448 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YLD |
More Information: | YLD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MJI / HLLM |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Tripoli, Libya |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°53'59"N by 13°16'58"E |
Airport Type: | Joint (public and military) |
Elevation: | 36 feet (11 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MJI |
More Information: | MJI Maps & Info |
Facts about Chapleau Airport (YLD):
- Chapleau Airport (YLD) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Chapleau Airport (YLD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,083 miles (17,837 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Chapleau Airport (YLD) is Wawa Airport (YXZ), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) W of YLD.
Facts about Mitiga International Airport (MJI):
- Because of Mitiga International Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Mitiga 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.
- The closest airport to Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Tripoli International Airport (TIP), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MJI.
- On 21 August 2011, rebels launched an assault on Mitiga as part of a bid to battle loyalist forces in Tripoli, sustaining a number of casualties in the process
- Mitiga International Airport (MJI) has 2 runways.
- The 48 TFW had practiced for years at Wheelus with F-100s and later at Zaragoza AB Spain with F-4D Phantoms and the F-111s for just such a mission.
- The furthest airport from Mitiga International Airport (MJI) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,524 miles (18,546 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
- During the 2011 Libyan civil war, the The Times and The Guardian reported claims that the airport had been taken over by protestors opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
- The airport was originally built in 1923 and served as Mellaha Air Base for the Italian Air Force.
- In addition to being known as "Mitiga International Airport", another name for MJI is "مطار امعيتيقة الدولي".
- Operation El Dorado Canyon included eighteen 48 TFW F-111F "Aardvark" fighter-bombers, five EF-111A "Sparkvarks" from the 66th Electronic Combat Wing/42nd Electronic Combat Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford, UK, and carrier-based US Navy F-14 Tomcats and A-6E Intruders.
- The fourteen-hour 9,300-kilometre round trip to Libya required numerous in-air refuelings, because countries closer to Libya – Spain, Italy, France, and Greece – had refused American planes permission to fly over or from bases in their countries.