Nonstop flight route between Pikangikum, Ontario, Canada and Geneva, Switzerland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pikangikum Airport (YPM), Pikangikum, Ontario, Canada and Geneva International Airport (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,178 miles (or 6,724 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 Pikangikum Airport and Geneva 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 Pikangikum Airport and Geneva International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pikangikum Airport (YPM):

• The furthest airport from Pikangikum Airport (YPM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,537 miles (16,957 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Pikangikum Airport (YPM) is Poplar Hill Airport (YHP), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NNW of YPM.
• Pikangikum Airport (YPM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Geneva International Airport (GVA):

• The furthest airport from Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Geneva International Airport (meaning Geneva International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of GVA.
• To provide for jet traffic, in 1960 the runway was extended to its current length of 3,900 m.
• In 1968 the construction of a second runway and a mid-field round terminal were proposed, but ultimately the concept was never realised.
• Geneva International Airport (GVA) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Geneva International Airport", another name for GVA is "Aéroport international de GenèveGenève aéroport".
• Geneva International Airport handled 14,436,000 passengers last year.
• A new terminal project named 'Aile Est' starting in 2012, will modernize and extend Pier C following a complete reconstruction.
• Before Switzerland's integration into the Schengen Area in 2008, Pier F, also known as the French Sector, was used exclusively for passengers arriving from, or departing to French destinations.
• Winter weekends see dozens of coaches at the nearby Charter terminal meeting charter flights from all over Europe, but primarily the UK.
• During World War II the Swiss authorities forbade all flights from Switzerland.