Nonstop flight route between Points North Landing, Saskatchewan, Canada and Asmara, Eritrea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Points North Landing Airport (YNL), Points North Landing, Saskatchewan, Canada and Asmara International Airport (ASM), Asmara, Eritrea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,938 miles (or 11,165 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 Points North Landing Airport and Asmara 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 Points North Landing Airport and Asmara 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: | YNL / CYNL |
Airport Name: | Points North Landing Airport |
Location: | Points North Landing, Saskatchewan, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°16'36"N by 104°4'56"W |
Operator/Owner: | Points North Freight Forwarding Inc. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1600 feet (488 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YNL |
More Information: | YNL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ASM / HHAS |
Airport Name: | Asmara International Airport |
Location: | Asmara, Eritrea |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°17'30"N by 38°54'38"E |
Area Served: | Asmara |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 7661 feet (2,335 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ASM |
More Information: | ASM Maps & Info |
Facts about Points North Landing Airport (YNL):
- The closest airport to Points North Landing Airport (YNL) is Collins Bay Airport (YKC), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) E of YNL.
- The furthest airport from Points North Landing Airport (YNL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 9,976 miles (16,055 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Points North Landing Airport (YNL) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Asmara International Airport (ASM):
- The Asmara airport was created in 1922, the first such facility to be opened in Italian Eritrea.
- The furthest airport from Asmara International Airport (ASM) is Fangatau Airport (FGU), which is nearly antipodal to Asmara International Airport (meaning Asmara International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fangatau Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,952 kilometers) away in Fangatau, French Polynesia.
- Asmara International Airport (ASM) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Asmara International Airport (ASM) is Massawa International Airport (MSW), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NE of ASM.
- On 7 July 1935, an agreement was signed with Imperial Airways to connect Asmara to Khartoum.
- Because of Asmara International Airport's high elevation of 7,661 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ASM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ASM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- During World War II, the airport was nearly destroyed by the British.
- Asmara International Airport has capacity restrictions due to its small terminal, short runway and 1.5-mile altitude.