Nonstop flight route between Tasiujaq, Quebec, Canada and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ), Tasiujaq, Quebec, Canada and Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,106 miles (or 3,390 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 Tasiujaq Airport and Henry Post Army Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ):

• Because of Tasiujaq Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Tasiujaq 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 furthest airport from Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,760 miles (17,316 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ) is Aupaluk Airport (YPJ), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) NNE of YTQ.
• Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI):

• Although the Signal corps had been supplying Observation aircraft for the United States Army Field Artillery School since 1915.
• The furthest airport from Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) S of FSI.
• Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) currently has only 1 runway.
• As a result of the United State's entry into World War I, Fort Sill was selected for a primary pilot school.
• By the late 1920s, the World War I tarpaper buildings were rotting and turning into fire hazards.
• In 1940 the Artillery decided that the Air Corps had outgrown such mundane chores as artillery spotting, and it was decided that it would take care of itself with its own observation aircraft.
• The field was named in honor of pioneer aviator 2d Lieutenant Henry Post.