Nonstop flight route between Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada and Alconbury, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Qikiqtarjuaq Airport (YVM), Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,308 miles (or 3,714 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 Qikiqtarjuaq Airport and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Qikiqtarjuaq Airport (YVM):

• The closest airport to Qikiqtarjuaq Airport (YVM) is Pangnirtung Airport (YXP), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) SSW of YVM.
• Qikiqtarjuaq Airport (YVM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Qikiqtarjuaq Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Qikiqtarjuaq 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.
• One instrument approach is available, a NDB or GNSS circling approach.
• The furthest airport from Qikiqtarjuaq Airport (YVM) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 10,372 miles (16,692 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):

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• The furthest airport from RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,821 miles (19,024 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The 501 CSW ensures United Kingdom-based air base groups are resourced, sustained, trained and equipped to exacting command standards in order to provide mission support that enables United States and NATO war fighters to conduct full spectrum flying operations during expeditionary deployments, theatre munitions movements, global command and control communications to forward deployed locations, support for theatre intelligence operations and joint/combined training.
• During the Second World War, it was controlled by the USAAF Eighth Air Force, from 23 February 1944 to 7 August 1945 the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, thereafter the United States Air Forces in Europe,
• In September 1939, RAF Upwood squadrons were given operational training roles and Alconbury became RAF Wyton's satellite under No.
• Also in 1942, to bring the station up to Class A airfield standards, the runways were extended to 2,000 yards, and 1,400 yards, with 26 additional hardstands along with the taxiways altered.
• The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.