Nonstop flight route between Merritt, British Columbia, Canada and Zürich, Switzerland:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from YMB to ZRH:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
 - YMB Airport Information
 - ZRH Airport Information
 - Facts about YMB
 - Facts about ZRH
 - Map of Nearest Airports to YMB
 - List of Nearest Airports to YMB
 - Map of Furthest Airports from YMB
 - List of Furthest Airports from YMB
 - Map of Nearest Airports to ZRH
 - List of Nearest Airports to ZRH
 - Map of Furthest Airports from ZRH
 - List of Furthest Airports from ZRH
 
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Merritt Airport (YMB), Merritt, British Columbia, Canada and Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,050 miles (or 8,127 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 Merritt Airport and Zurich 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 Merritt Airport and Zurich Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YMB / | 
| Airport Names: | 
                    
  | 
            
| Location: | Merritt, British Columbia, Canada | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°7'22"N by 120°44'49"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Merritt | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2080 feet (634 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from YMB | 
| More Information: | YMB Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH | 
| Airport Names: | 
                    
  | 
            
| Location: | Zürich, Switzerland | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E | 
| Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland | 
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 4 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from ZRH | 
| More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info | 
Facts about Merritt Airport (YMB):
- Merritt Airport (YMB) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The furthest airport from Merritt Airport (YMB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,583 miles (17,032 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
 - The closest airport to Merritt Airport (YMB) is Kamloops Airport (YKA), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NNE of YMB.
 - In addition to being known as "Merritt Airport", other names for YMB include "Saunders Field" and "CAD5".
 
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
 - The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
 - The ground-side terminal complex comprises several buildings, and includes several airline check-in areas, a shopping mall, a railway station, car parks, and a bus and tram terminal.
 - Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
 - The airport is served by the A51 motorway and other main roads, which provide access to the airport especially for the central and eastern Switzerland.
 - In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
 - The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - The airport lost a lot of traffic when Swissair shut down its operations.
 
