Nonstop flight route between Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and Edwards, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Trois-Rivières Airport (YRQ), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,461 miles (or 3,961 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 Trois-Rivières Airport and Edwards Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Trois-Rivières Airport (YRQ):

• In addition to being known as "Trois-Rivières Airport", another name for YRQ is "Aéroport de Trois-Rivières".
• The closest airport to Trois-Rivières Airport (YRQ) is Valcartier (W/C J.H.L. (Joe) Lecomte) Heliport (YOY), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) NE of YRQ.
• Because of Trois-Rivières Airport's relatively low elevation of 199 feet, planes can take off or land at Trois-Rivières 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.
• Trois-Rivières Airport (YRQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Trois-Rivières Airport (YRQ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,486 miles (18,485 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):

• The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
• The initial use for Muroc was IV Bomber Command Operational Unit training.
• Jurisdiction of Edwards AFB was transferred from Air Materiel Command on 2 April 1951 to the newly created Air Research and Development Command.
• Aircraft testing continued at this desert "Army Air Base", then on 8 November 1943, the base title was changed to "Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc".
• The Main Base is also the home of the Benefield Anechoic Facility, an electromagnetic and radio frequency testing building.
• The first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver.
• The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The P-59s were tested at Muroc from October 1942 through February 1944 without a single accident and, though the aircraft did not prove to be combat worthy, the successful conduct of its test program, combined with the success of the Lockheed XP-80 program which followed it in early 1944, sealed the future destiny of the remote high desert installation.
• The base has played a significant role in the development of virtually every aircraft to enter the Air Force inventory since World War II.