Nonstop flight route between Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and Santa Ana, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF), Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and MCAS El Toro (NZJ), Santa Ana, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,293 miles (or 2,081 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 Red Deer Regional Airport and MCAS El Toro, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF):

• The furthest airport from Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,310 miles (16,592 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF) is Rocky Mountain House Airport (YRM), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) WNW of YQF.

Facts about MCAS El Toro (NZJ):

• The furthest airport from MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,486 miles (18,486 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located near Irvine, California.
• Because of MCAS El Toro's relatively low elevation of 383 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS El Toro 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.
• During the presidency of Richard M.
• Before the site could be developed for civilian use, the Department of the Navy was required to perform environmental remediation to clean up contaminated soil on the site.
• The Department of the Navy hired the General Services Administration and Los Angeles-based Colliers International to assist in the sale of MCAS El Toro.
• The closing of MCAS El Toro ignited a political firestorm over the eventual fate of the facility.
• Already the largest Marine air station on the West Coast, in 1944, funds were approved to double its size and operations.
• The closest airport to MCAS El Toro (NZJ) is John Wayne Airport (SNA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) W of NZJ.
• MCAS El Toro (NZJ) has 5 runways.