Nonstop flight route between Salluit, Quebec, Canada and Ramstein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Salluit Airport (YZG), Salluit, Quebec, Canada and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,107 miles (or 5,000 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 Salluit Airport and Ramstein Air Base, 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 Salluit Airport and Ramstein Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Salluit Airport (YZG):

• The furthest airport from Salluit Airport (YZG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,466 miles (16,843 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Salluit Airport's relatively low elevation of 745 feet, planes can take off or land at Salluit 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.
• Salluit Airport (YZG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Salluit Airport (YZG) is Ivujivik Airport (YIK), which is located 74 miles (120 kilometers) WNW of YZG.

Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• Ramstein Air Base also served as temporary housing for the United States men's national soccer team during the 2006 World Cup.
• The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The new 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing stood up on 4 September 2008.
• Enough construction was completed in mid-1952, that Landstuhl AB was opened on 5 August.
• The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.
• HQ USAFE fully completed its move from Wiesbaden to Ramstein early 1991.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
• With the creation of NATO in response to Cold War tensions in Europe in 1949, USAFE wanted its vulnerable fighter units in what was then West Germany moved west of the Rhine River to provide greater air defense warning time.
• There is often a Summer Camp to Ramstein from British CCF and ATC cadets.
• Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in south-western Germany.