Nonstop flight route between Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and Parakou, Benin:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from YQL to PKO:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- YQL Airport Information
- PKO Airport Information
- Facts about YQL
- Facts about PKO
- Map of Nearest Airports to YQL
- List of Nearest Airports to YQL
- Map of Furthest Airports from YQL
- List of Furthest Airports from YQL
- Map of Nearest Airports to PKO
- List of Nearest Airports to PKO
- Map of Furthest Airports from PKO
- List of Furthest Airports from PKO
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lethbridge Airport (YQL), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and Parakou Airport (PKO), Parakou, Benin would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,816 miles (or 10,969 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 Lethbridge Airport and Parakou 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 Lethbridge Airport and Parakou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQL / CYQL |
Airport Name: | Lethbridge Airport |
Location: | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 49°37'49"N by 112°47'58"W |
Area Served: | Lethbridge |
Operator/Owner: | Lethbridge County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3048 feet (929 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQL |
More Information: | YQL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PKO / DBBP |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Parakou, Benin |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'25"N by 2°36'33"E |
Area Served: | Parakou |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1289 feet (393 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PKO |
More Information: | PKO Maps & Info |
Facts about Lethbridge Airport (YQL):
- The RCAF left Lethbridge in 1944.
- Lethbridge Airport (YQL) has 2 runways.
- Late in 1941, the No.
- The furthest airport from Lethbridge Airport (YQL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,420 miles (16,770 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- From 1939–1948, Lethbridge operated as Western Canada's primary airline hub.
- At the outbreak of World War II, Kenyon Field became a training facility under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
- Lethbridge County assumed ownership of the airport on 1 January 1997, and it was subsequently named the Lethbridge County Airport.
- The closest airport to Lethbridge Airport (YQL) is Pincher Creek Airport (WPC), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) W of YQL.
- On 1 August 2013, the County of Lethbridge approved renaming the airport to Lethbridge Airport.
- In 1947, the RCAF's mess hall was converted by the Department of Transportation into an Air Terminal Building, which was replaced by the current facility in 1979.
Facts about Parakou Airport (PKO):
- In addition to being known as "Parakou Airport", another name for PKO is "Parakou Airport (Parakou)".
- The closest airport to Parakou Airport (PKO) is Djougou Airport (DJA), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of PKO.
- The furthest airport from Parakou Airport (PKO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Parakou Airport (meaning Parakou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,197 miles (19,629 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
- Parakou Airport (PKO) currently has only 1 runway.