Nonstop flight route between Resolute, Nunavut, Canada and Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Resolute Bay Airport (YRB), Resolute, Nunavut, Canada and Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,220 miles (or 3,572 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 Resolute Bay Airport and Idaho Falls Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YRB / CYRB |
| Airport Name: | Resolute Bay Airport |
| Location: | Resolute, Nunavut, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 74°43'0"N by 94°58'9"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 222 feet (68 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YRB |
| More Information: | YRB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | IDA / KIDA |
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| Location: | Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°30'48"N by 112°4'14"W |
| Area Served: | Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Idaho Falls |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4744 feet (1,446 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from IDA |
| More Information: | IDA Maps & Info |
Facts about Resolute Bay Airport (YRB):
- Historically, the airport was served by several airlines operating direct, no-change-of-plane scheduled passenger jet service to such Canadian cities as Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Yellowknife.
- The site would be able to provide logistics for search-and-rescue operations according to a briefing from the Arctic Management Office at 1 Canadian Air Division.
- Resolute Bay Airport (YRB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Resolute Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 222 feet, planes can take off or land at Resolute Bay 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.
- On August 20, 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-200 charter flight transporting fifteen people from Yellowknife, crashed near the airport.
- The closest airport to Resolute Bay Airport (YRB) is Arctic Bay Airport (YAB), which is located 224 miles (360 kilometers) ESE of YRB.
- The furthest airport from Resolute Bay Airport (YRB) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 9,598 miles (15,446 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
Facts about Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA):
- The furthest airport from Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,774 miles (17,339 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) is Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) N of IDA.
- The airport has struggled to maintain a restaurant operator in the past.
- In addition to being known as "Idaho Falls Regional Airport", another name for IDA is "Fanning Field".
- Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) has 2 runways.
- Because of Idaho Falls Regional Airport's high elevation of 4,744 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at IDA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make IDA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
