Nonstop flight route between Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sherbrooke Airport (YSC), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 553 miles (or 890 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 Sherbrooke Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YSC / CYSC |
Airport Name: | Sherbrooke Airport |
Location: | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°26'18"N by 71°41'29"W |
Operator/Owner: | OPSIS |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 792 feet (241 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YSC |
More Information: | YSC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Facts about Sherbrooke Airport (YSC):
- The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
- No commercial services as of March 2010.
- The furthest airport from Sherbrooke Airport (YSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,564 miles (18,611 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Sherbrooke Airport (YSC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Sherbrooke Airport's relatively low elevation of 792 feet, planes can take off or land at Sherbrooke 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.
- The closest airport to Sherbrooke Airport (YSC) is Newport State Airport (EFK), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SW of YSC.
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):
- The NASA Wallops Flight Facility has alliances with a number of organizations important to its mission and future growth.
- In the early years, research at Wallops concentrated on obtaining aerodynamic data at transonic and low supersonic speeds.
- In 1945, NASA's predecessor agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, established a rocket launch site on Wallops Island under the direction of the Langley Research Center.
- Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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.
- LCT2 is an effort to produce a relatively low-cost transceiver to allow launch vehicles to communicate through NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System after they have gone over the horizon from the launch site.
- The furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
- The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.