Nonstop flight route between Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada and Clemson, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kuujjuaq Airport (YVP), Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada and Oconee County Regional Airport (CEU), Clemson, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,751 miles (or 2,817 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 Kuujjuaq Airport and Oconee County Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kuujjuaq Airport (YVP):

• Nav Canada opened a $7-million air traffic control facility near the airport.
• Kuujjuaq Airport (YVP) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Kuujjuaq Airport (YVP) is Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) NW of YVP.
• Crystal I was planned to be a transport hub between the Eastern Route, which originated at Presque Isle Army Airfield, Maine and the Central Route, which originated at Romulus Army Airfield, Michigan.
• The airport site at Fort Chimo was located and surveyed on 12 July 1941 by a USAAF team under Captain Elliott Roosevelt, operating by amphibious aircraft out of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Because of Kuujjuaq Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Kuujjuaq 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.
• Kuujjuaq Airport, is located 1.5 nautical miles southwest of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada.
• Fort Chimo was one of three "Crystal" sites in the Canadian Arctic Region, Frobisher Bay Air Base, Northwest Territories being "Crystal II", and a station on Padloping Island being "Crystal III".
• The furthest airport from Kuujjuaq Airport (YVP) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,812 miles (17,400 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Oconee County Regional Airport (CEU):

• Oconee County Regional Airport (CEU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Oconee County Regional Airport (CEU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,410 miles (18,363 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Oconee County Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 892 feet, planes can take off or land at Oconee County Regional 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 closest airport to Oconee County Regional Airport (CEU) is Pickens County Airport (LQK), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NE of CEU.