Nonstop flight route between Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada and Pico Island, Azores, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fort St. John Airport (YXJ), Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada and Pico Airport (PIX), Pico Island, Azores, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,142 miles (or 6,666 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 Fort St. John Airport and Pico 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 Fort St. John Airport and Pico Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YXJ / CYXJ |
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Location: | Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°14'17"N by 120°44'25"W |
Operator/Owner: | North Peace Airport Services Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2280 feet (695 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YXJ |
More Information: | YXJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIX / LPPI |
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Location: | Pico Island, Azores, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°33'15"N by 28°26'29"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 112 feet (34 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIX |
More Information: | PIX Maps & Info |
Facts about Fort St. John Airport (YXJ):
- The closest airport to Fort St. John Airport (YXJ) is Dawson Creek Airport (YDQ), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) SSE of YXJ.
- In addition to being known as "Fort St. John Airport", another name for YXJ is "North Peace Airport".
- The furthest airport from Fort St. John Airport (YXJ) is East London Airport (ELS), which is located 10,246 miles (16,489 kilometers) away in East London, South Africa.
- Fort St. John Airport (YXJ) has 2 runways.
- In 2013, WestJet Encore announced regular scheduled service to Calgary and Vancouver, representing a major expansion of airline service to the Fort St.
Facts about Pico Airport (PIX):
- The first studies were completed to construct a runway for the remote island of Pico during the post-War era when, instead, a final decision in 1946 saw the construction of an aerodrome on the island of Faial.
- The closest airport to Pico Airport (PIX) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) W of PIX.
- Because of Pico Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Pico 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.
- Pico Airport (PIX) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Pico Airport", another name for PIX is "Aeroporto do Pico".
- On April 2005, Pico received its first intercontinental flight, a direct flight from Lisbon.
- The furthest airport from Pico Airport (PIX) is Merimbula Airport (MIM), which is nearly antipodal to Pico Airport (meaning Pico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Merimbula Airport), and is located 12,291 miles (19,781 kilometers) away in Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.