Nonstop flight route between Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Lompoc, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Repulse Bay Airport (YUT), Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,594 miles (or 4,174 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 Repulse Bay Airport and Vandenberg Air Force 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 Repulse Bay Airport and Vandenberg Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YUT / CYUT |
Airport Name: | Repulse Bay Airport |
Location: | Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 66°31'14"N by 86°13'28"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YUT |
More Information: | YUT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VBG / KVBG |
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Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'57"N by 120°34'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VBG |
More Information: | VBG Maps & Info |
Facts about Repulse Bay Airport (YUT):
- The closest airport to Repulse Bay Airport (YUT) is Kugaaruk Airport (YBB), which is located 168 miles (271 kilometers) NNW of YUT.
- Because of Repulse Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Repulse Bay 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 Repulse Bay Airport (YUT) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,050 miles (16,173 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Repulse Bay Airport (YUT) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):
- The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
- From August 1950 to February 1953, Camp Cooke served as a training installation for units slated for combat in Korea, and as a summer training base for many other reserve units.
- Vandenberg Air Force Base is named in honor of the late General Hoyt S.
- In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
- In 1941 the United States Army sought more and better training centers for the rapid development of its armored and infantry forces.
- Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters.