Nonstop flight route between North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada and Celle, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between North Battleford Airport (YQW), North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada and Celle Air Base (ZCN), Celle, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,333 miles (or 6,974 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 North Battleford Airport and Celle Air Base, 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 North Battleford Airport and Celle Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about North Battleford Airport (YQW):

• North Battleford Airport (YQW) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to North Battleford Airport (YQW) is Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) ESE of YQW.
• The furthest airport from North Battleford Airport (YQW) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,127 miles (16,298 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Celle Air Base (ZCN):

• Under British occupation metal plates were laid on the entire airfield in order to enable the landing of larger aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Celle Air Base", other names for ZCN include "Heeresflugplatz Celle" and "(Advanced Landing Ground B-118)".
• The closest airport to Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Hannover Airport (HAJ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) WSW of ZCN.
• Organisationally, the air base is separated into barracks and air field.
• Celle Air Base (ZCN) currently has only 1 runway.
• From 1959 until 1966, a US Air Force unit equipped with two MSQ-1A radar was stationed at Celle Air Base.
• Without having suffered any serious damage the air base was surrendered by a German NCO to the British Army on 11 April 1945.
• The furthest airport from Celle Air Base (ZCN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,761 miles (18,928 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• At the same time, Celle residents began to complain about the so-called “Veronikas″, German women attracted to the well paid soldiers.
• Because of Celle Air Base's relatively low elevation of 129 feet, planes can take off or land at Celle Air Base 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.