Nonstop flight route between Yushu County, Qinghai, China and Trenton, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yushu Batang Airport (YUS), Yushu County, Qinghai, China and Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR), Trenton, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,109 miles (or 11,440 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 Yushu Batang Airport and Canadian Forces Base Trenton, 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 Yushu Batang Airport and Canadian Forces Base Trenton. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Yushu Batang Airport (YUS):

• The furthest airport from Yushu Batang Airport (YUS) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,813 miles (19,012 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• Because of Yushu Batang Airport's high elevation of 12,762 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at YUS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make YUS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Yushu Batang Airport (YUS) is Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX), which is located 158 miles (254 kilometers) S of YUS.
• In addition to being known as "Yushu Batang Airport", other names for YUS include "玉树巴塘机场" and "Yùshù Batáng Jīchǎng".
• Yushu Batang Airport has a 3,800 meter-long runway, and can receive A319 aircraft.

Facts about Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR):

• The closest airport to Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) is Peterborough Airport (YPQ), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) W of YTR.
• Because of Canadian Forces Base Trenton's relatively low elevation of 283 feet, planes can take off or land at Canadian Forces Base Trenton 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.
• Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) currently has only 1 runway.
• CFB Trenton has several recognized and classified Federal Heritage buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings.
• Maintenance Hangar 2 is a two bay maintenance hangar designed for CC-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
• The current commander of the base is Colonel David Lowthian, MSM.
• Canada upgraded its transport and search and rescue fleets during the 1960s when the RCAF purchased the CC-137 Husky, CC-130 Hercules, CH-113 Labrador and CC-115 Buffalo aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Canadian Forces Base Trenton (YTR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,462 miles (18,446 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Canadian Forces Base Trenton", another name for YTR is "Trenton Airport".
• The RCAF operates the majority of its fixed-wing tactical airlift and all of its strategic airlift aircraft from CFB Trenton.
• A new Material Distribution Centre opened on November 2, 2010.