Nonstop flight route between Suffield, Alberta, Canada and Çiğli / İzmir, Turkey:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Suffield (YSD), Suffield, Alberta, Canada and Çiğli Air Base (IGL), Çiğli / İzmir, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,797 miles (or 9,330 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 CFB Suffield and Çiğli 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 CFB Suffield and Çiğli 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 CFB Suffield (YSD):

• The lands comprising modern-day CFB Suffield were known as the "Suffield Block", resulting from the Dominion Land Survey, and comprised marginal agricultural land, given the perpetual semi-arid climate.
• The furthest airport from CFB Suffield (YSD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,339 miles (16,640 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Defence Research and Development Canada is an agency of the Canadian Department of National Defence responding to the scientific and technological needs of the Canadian Forces.
• On August 25, 1971, the Canadian Government ratified a ten-year agreement with the British Government that allowed the British Armed Forces to use the northern three-quarters of the Suffield Block.
• The decision to designate the Suffield Block a military training facility in 1941 left tens of square kilometres of undisturbed prairie grassland intact from the effects of industrial agriculture.
• The closest airport to CFB Suffield (YSD) is Medicine Hat Airport (YXH), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SE of YSD.

Facts about Çiğli Air Base (IGL):

• Because of Çiğli Air Base's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Çiğli 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.
• Çiğli Air Base (IGL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Çiğli Air Base (IGL) is İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSE of IGL.
• The furthest airport from Çiğli Air Base (IGL) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,322 miles (18,220 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Çiğli Air Base", other names for IGL include "Çiğli Hava Üssü" and "Çiğli".