Nonstop flight route between Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada and Sofia, Bulgaria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Whitecourt Airport (YZU), Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF), Sofia, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,325 miles (or 8,570 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 Whitecourt Airport and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna, 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 Whitecourt Airport and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YZU / CYZU |
Airport Name: | Whitecourt Airport |
Location: | Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°8'38"N by 115°47'12"W |
Area Served: | Whitecourt |
Operator/Owner: | Woodlands County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2567 feet (782 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YZU |
More Information: | YZU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SOF / LBSF |
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Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°41'42"N by 23°24'29"E |
Area Served: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Operator/Owner: | Sofia Airport EAD |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1742 feet (531 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SOF |
More Information: | SOF Maps & Info |
Facts about Whitecourt Airport (YZU):
- Whitecourt Airport, is located 3.5 nautical miles west of Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada.
- The furthest airport from Whitecourt Airport (YZU) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,239 miles (16,478 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Whitecourt Airport (YZU) is Edson Airport (YET), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SW of YZU.
- The airport is open 24 hours a day with the Nav Canada Flight Services office open from 6 AM to 10 PM, 7 days a week.
- Whitecourt Airport (YZU) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF):
- In mid-2012 the airport will have one of the most modern and most beautiful airport towers in Europe.
- On 31 August 2006, Sofia Airport put its new runway system into operation, replacing the old and out-of-date facilities.
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) currently has only 1 runway.
- Options for different airport developments began to be examined in the mid-1960s.
- In addition to being known as "Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna", other names for SOF include "Vrazhdebna Airport" and "Летище София".
- The closest airport to Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Plovdiv Airport (PDV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ESE of SOF.
- Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna handled 350,432 passengers last year.
- Contract for detailed design and construction of a new control tower of the airport and forming an ATM Glavbolgarstroy.
- By the late 1970s, the terminal was handling in the region of three million passengers a year, a million of them on domestic routes.
- The terminal had substantially reached its capacity of some 600,000 passengers a year by the later 1960s and was subjected to a number of refurbishments and extensions beginning in the spring of 1968.
- The furthest airport from Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,437 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.