Nonstop flight route between Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada and Douglas, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC), Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada and Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL), Douglas, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,688 miles (or 4,327 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 Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport and Douglas Municipal 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 Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport and Douglas Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC):

• The closest airport to Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC) is Colville Lake/Tommy Kochon Airport (YCK), which is located 170 miles (274 kilometers) SSW of YPC.
• Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 9,731 miles (15,661 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Because of Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) 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 Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL):

• In addition to being known as "Douglas Municipal Airport", another name for DGL is "Douglas Army Airfield".
• The ranges included a machine gun range with 10 targets, a pistol range with 24 targets, and a skeet range with two units.
• 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.
• Graduates were then sent to III Bomber Command airfields in the southeast for group assignments on B-26 Marauder or B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, or twin-engined P-38 Lightning IV Fighter Command airfields along the West Coast.
• A 1975 improvement project included replacement of the Medium Intensity Runway Lighting system for Runways 17-35 and 8-26.
• Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) has 2 runways.
• Pilots in Air Transport Command began training at Douglas in June 1944.
• 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.
• Over recent years, there has been relatively little development activity at the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport.
• 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.