Nonstop flight route between Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada and Timika, Papua, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alberni Valley Regional Airport (YPB), Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada and Mozes Kilangin Airport (TIM), Timika, Papua, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,824 miles (or 10,982 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 Alberni Valley Regional Airport and Mozes Kilangin 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 Alberni Valley Regional Airport and Mozes Kilangin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Alberni Valley Regional Airport (YPB):

• The furthest airport from Alberni Valley Regional Airport (YPB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,703 miles (17,225 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Alberni Valley Regional Airport (YPB) is Qualicum Beach Airport (XQU), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) E of YPB.
• Alberni Valley Regional Airport (YPB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Alberni Valley Regional Airport", another name for YPB is "CBS8".
• Because of Alberni Valley Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 250 feet, planes can take off or land at Alberni Valley Regional 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.

Facts about Mozes Kilangin Airport (TIM):

• In the ensuing shoot-out with military personnel, Sanurip killed a total of 16 people - 3 Kopassus officers, 8 ABRI soldiers and 5 civilians, one of them Airfast pilot Michael Findlay from New Zealand - and injured another 11, before he was wounded in the leg and subdued by fellow soldiers.
• Sanurip was sentenced to death on April 23, 1997.
• The furthest airport from Mozes Kilangin Airport (TIM) is Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), which is located 11,939 miles (19,214 kilometers) away in São Luís, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Mozes Kilangin Airport (TIM) is Enarotali Airport (EWI), which is located 54 miles (88 kilometers) NW of TIM.
• The shooting was allegedly sparked when an army transporter, carrying 2 dead soldiers, who, according to differing reports, were either killed by OPM members during the hostage rescue operation, or hacked to death by villagers who had accused them of raping two women, made a fuel stop at Timika airport, and Lieutenant Sanurip realised that one of the two was a friend of his.