Nonstop flight route between Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and Coimbra, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Regina International Airport (YQR), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and Coimbra Airport (CBP), Coimbra, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,395 miles (or 7,072 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 Regina International Airport and Coimbra 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 Regina International Airport and Coimbra Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Regina International Airport (YQR):

• After the First World War, Reginan Roland Groome returned from military service as a flying instructor in Southern Ontario and, with partners, set up a company called the "Aerial Service Co." Its primitive airfield was located near what is the current intersection of Hill Avenue and Cameron Street in the city's southern Lakeview district.
• The present airport site was developed in 1928-30.
• On May 1, 1995, under the Canada-US Open Skies agreement, Northwest Airlines began service to Minneapolis – Saint Paul.
• The closest airport to Regina International Airport (YQR) is CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) W of YQR.
• The furthest airport from Regina International Airport (YQR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,218 miles (16,445 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Regina International Airport handled 1,141,177 passengers last year.
• Regina International Airport (YQR) has 2 runways.

Facts about Coimbra Airport (CBP):

• The furthest airport from Coimbra Airport (CBP) is Takaka Aerodrome (KTF), which is nearly antipodal to Coimbra Airport (meaning Coimbra Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Takaka Aerodrome), and is located 12,352 miles (19,879 kilometers) away in Takaka, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Coimbra Airport (CBP) is Covilhã Airport (COV), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) E of CBP.
• In addition to being known as "Coimbra Airport", another name for CBP is "Aeródromo Municipal Bissaya Barreto".
• Coimbra Airport (CBP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Coimbra Airport's relatively low elevation of 571 feet, planes can take off or land at Coimbra 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.