Nonstop flight route between Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Kharkhorin, Mongolia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Kharkhorin Airport (KHR), Kharkhorin, Mongolia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,350 miles (or 8,609 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 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport and Kharkhorin Airport, 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 Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport and Kharkhorin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE):

• After the war the airport was transferred to the Canadian Department of Transport for civilian use.
• For international arrivals the airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.
• In addition to being known as "Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport", another name for YXE is "Saskatoon International Airport".
• The furthest airport from Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,134 miles (16,309 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Air Canada in 1950 began operating the Canadair North Star at the airport, followed by the Vickers Viscount in 1955.
• In 2010 construction started on apron improvements, remote stands and preparatory work to start on reconstruction of the terminal building in 2011.
• Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE) has 2 runways.
• On January 1, 1971, the City of Saskatoon annexed the airport and surrounding lands totalling 2,111.7 acres.
• Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport handled 1,246,405 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE) is North Battleford Airport (YQW), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) WNW of YXE.

Facts about Kharkhorin Airport (KHR):

• The closest airport to Kharkhorin Airport (KHR) is Khujirt Airport (HJT), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) S of KHR.
• Because of Kharkhorin Airport's high elevation of 4,759 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KHR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KHR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Kharkhorin Airport (KHR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kharkhorin Airport (KHR) is Cochrane Airfield (LGR), which is nearly antipodal to Kharkhorin Airport (meaning Kharkhorin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cochrane Airfield), and is located 12,222 miles (19,669 kilometers) away in Cochrane, Chile.