Nonstop flight route between Suffield, Alberta, Canada and Hope, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Suffield (YSD), Suffield, Alberta, Canada and Hope Aerodrome (YHE), Hope, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 464 miles (or 747 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 CFB Suffield and Hope Aerodrome, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about CFB Suffield (YSD):

• 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.
• 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.
• The furthest airport from CFB Suffield (YSD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,339 miles (16,640 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• 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.
• Canadian Forces Base Suffield is the largest Canadian Forces Base and the largest Commonwealth military training base in the world.
• The closest airport to CFB Suffield (YSD) is Medicine Hat Airport (YXH), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SE of YSD.

Facts about Hope Aerodrome (YHE):

• Hope Aerodrome (YHE) currently has only 1 runway.
• Hope is notable as being the location of a Boeing demonstration of the Boeing 737's landing and take off abilities in 1972.
• Because of Hope Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 128 feet, planes can take off or land at Hope Aerodrome 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 Hope Aerodrome (YHE) is Chilliwack Airport (YCW), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SW of YHE.
• The furthest airport from Hope Aerodrome (YHE) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,644 miles (17,131 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.