Nonstop flight route between Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada and Douglas, Arizona, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Cold Lake (YOD), Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada and Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL), Douglas, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,594 miles (or 2,565 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 CFB Cold Lake and Douglas Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YOD / CYOD |
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| Location: | Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°24'18"N by 110°16'45"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 1775 feet (541 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YOD |
| More Information: | YOD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DGL / KDGL |
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| Location: | Douglas, Arizona, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°20'33"N by 109°30'23"W |
| Area Served: | Douglas, Arizona |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Douglas |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4173 feet (1,272 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DGL |
| More Information: | DGL Maps & Info |
Facts about CFB Cold Lake (YOD):
- In addition to being known as "CFB Cold Lake", another name for YOD is "Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport".
- In addition to its value as a training base, CFB Cold Lake's fighter/interceptor aircraft defend the western half of Canadian air space and together with aircraft from CFB Bagotville cover Canada's Arctic territory.
- The furthest airport from CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,097 miles (16,250 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Bonnyville Airport (YBY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of YOD.
- CFB Cold Lake (YOD) has 3 runways.
- Operations in the 1950s and early 1960s centered around training crews destined for the CF100 Canuck all weather interceptor which was in operational use in both Canada and Europe.
Facts about Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL):
- Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) has 2 runways.
- Records of Auxiliary Airfield #4 have been lost to time.
- The ALP was updated by Blanton & Company of Tucson, Arizona in 1967.
- Arizona State Prison at nearby Bisbee-Douglas International Airport.
- The furthest airport from Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,522 miles (18,542 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) is Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of DGL.
- Douglas Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Douglas, a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
- In addition to being known as "Douglas Municipal Airport", another name for DGL is "Douglas Army Airfield".
- The Air Training Command maintained the former Douglas Air Field on temporary inactive status starting on October 31, 1945.
- Because of Douglas Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,173 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DGL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DGL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The 1943 photo of Douglas Army Airfield looks like Bisbee-Douglas International Airport, not the current Douglas Municipal Airport.
