Nonstop flight route between Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada and Gondar, Ethiopia:
Departure Airport:

Arrival Airport:

Distance from YYW to GDQ:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- YYW Airport Information
- GDQ Airport Information
- Facts about YYW
- Facts about GDQ
- Map of Nearest Airports to YYW
- List of Nearest Airports to YYW
- Map of Furthest Airports from YYW
- List of Furthest Airports from YYW
- Map of Nearest Airports to GDQ
- List of Nearest Airports to GDQ
- Map of Furthest Airports from GDQ
- List of Furthest Airports from GDQ
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Armstrong Airport (YYW), Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada and Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport (GDQ), Gondar, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,027 miles (or 11,309 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 Armstrong Airport and Gondar Atse Tewodros 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 Armstrong Airport and Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YYW / CYYW |
Airport Name: | Armstrong Airport |
Location: | Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°17'25"N by 88°54'34"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Ontario |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1058 feet (322 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YYW |
More Information: | YYW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GDQ / HAGN |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Gondar, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°31'10"N by 37°26'2"E |
Area Served: | Gondar, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6542 feet (1,994 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GDQ |
More Information: | GDQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Armstrong Airport (YYW):
- Armstrong Airport (YYW) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Armstrong Airport (YYW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,780 miles (17,348 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Armstrong Airport (YYW) is Geraldton (Greenstone Regional) Airport (YGQ), which is located 94 miles (152 kilometers) ESE of YYW.
Facts about Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport (GDQ):
- Because of Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport's high elevation of 6,542 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GDQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GDQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In addition to being known as "Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport", another name for GDQ is "የጎንደር ዓፄ ቴዎድሮስ የአየር ማረፊያ".
- Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport (GDQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport (GDQ) is Debre Tabor Airport (DBT), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) SE of GDQ.
- The furthest airport from Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport (GDQ) is Raroia Airport (RRR), which is nearly antipodal to Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport (meaning Gondar Atse Tewodros Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Raroia Airport), and is located 12,193 miles (19,623 kilometers) away in Raroia, French Polynesia.