Nonstop flight route between Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada and Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Whale Cove Airport (YXN), Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada and Hamburg Airport (HAM), Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,405 miles (or 5,480 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 Whale Cove Airport and Hamburg 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 Whale Cove Airport and Hamburg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YXN / CYXN |
Airport Name: | Whale Cove Airport |
Location: | Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 62°14'24"N by 92°35'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 40 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YXN |
More Information: | YXN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HAM / EDDH |
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Location: | Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°37'49"N by 9°59'27"E |
Area Served: | Hamburg, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | FHG Flughafen Hamburg GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 53 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HAM |
More Information: | HAM Maps & Info |
Facts about Whale Cove Airport (YXN):
- Because of Whale Cove Airport's relatively low elevation of 40 feet, planes can take off or land at Whale Cove 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 Whale Cove Airport (YXN) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,138 miles (16,316 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Whale Cove Airport (YXN) is Rankin Inlet Airport (YRT), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) NNE of YXN.
- Whale Cove Airport (YXN) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Hamburg Airport (HAM):
- In addition to being known as "Hamburg Airport", another name for HAM is "Flughafen Hamburg".
- During the British occupation, beginning in 1945, the airport was given its current name, Hamburg Airport.
- Hamburg Airport handled 13,502,939 passengers last year.
- Hamburg Airport, known in German as Flughafen Hamburg, is the international airport of Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany.
- The closest airport to Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of HAM.
- Terminal 1 was completed in 2005 and is highly similar to Terminal 2 in terms of design and size.
- Because of Hamburg Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamburg 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 Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,698 miles (18,826 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Hamburg Airport (HAM) has 2 runways.
- In the early 1990s, the airport began an extensive modernization process.
- The airport is also linked by some local bus routes to nearby areas as well as regular coach services to the cities of Kiel, Neumünster and Lübeck.