Nonstop flight route between Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sudbury Airport (YSB), Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport (YRO), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 260 miles (or 418 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 Sudbury Airport and Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Sudbury Airport (YSB):

• Sudbury Airport (YSB) has 2 runways.
• The air traffic control tower was added in 1972 and the terminal building was replaced with a larger one in 1973, which was renovated and expanded again in the early 2000s.
• In June 2008, under recommendation from NAV CANADA following a year-long aeronautical study, the control tower was closed mainly due to lack of traffic.
• The closest airport to Sudbury Airport (YSB) is North Bay Airport (YYB), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) ESE of YSB.
• Sunwing Airlines began service at the Sudbury Airport in the early 2000s.
• West Jet encore will announce its first destinations on January 16, 2013, and Sudbury is a prime candidate.
• The furthest airport from Sudbury Airport (YSB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,228 miles (18,070 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Sudbury Airport or Greater Sudbury Airport, is an airport in the Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario and is located 11 nautical miles northeast of the downtown area, on Municipal Road 86 between the communities of Garson and Skead.
• Sudbury Airport began as an emergency landing facility with a single 6,600 ft landing strip for CF-100s from CFB North Bay in 1952.

Facts about Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport (YRO):

• The closest airport to Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport (YRO) is Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (YND), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NE of YRO.
• During the 1970s the airport was also used for scheduled short takeoff and landing commercial flights to the short-lived Victoria STOLport near downtown Montreal.
• The military importance of the airport declined after World War II, since the runways were too short for typical jet operations.
• Because of Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport's relatively low elevation of 188 feet, planes can take off or land at Ottawa/Rockcliffe 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.
• Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport (YRO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport (YRO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.