Nonstop flight route between Kegaska, Quebec, Canada and Minot, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kégashka Airport (ZKG), Kegaska, Quebec, Canada and Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,788 miles (or 2,878 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 relatively short distance between Kégashka Airport and Minot Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kégashka Airport (ZKG):

• The furthest airport from Kégashka Airport (ZKG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,382 miles (18,317 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Kégashka Airport (ZKG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kégashka Airport", another name for ZKG is "CTK6".
• Because of Kégashka Airport's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Kégashka 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 closest airport to Kégashka Airport (ZKG) is Natashquan Airport (YNA), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) W of ZKG.

Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):

• The 4th Post Attack Command & Control Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, SD maintained several EC-135 "Looking Glass" Aircraft on an alert at MAFB for coverage of the missile squadrons as a secondary Launch Control Center.
• The closest airport to Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Minot International Airport (MOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MIB.
• In addition to being known as "Minot Air Force Base", another name for MIB is "Minot AFB".
• Construction of Minot AFB began in May 1956 and it officially opened on 10 January 1957, named for the nearby city of Minot.
• Late in 1973 a second Alert Parking Ramp was added across runway 29, to the south.
• The 5th Bomb Wing is an element of the Global Strike Command and is the host unit at Minot AFB.
• The furthest airport from Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,320 miles (16,609 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In July 1968, the 450th Bombardment Wing and 455th Strategic Missile Wing were inactivated, being from Travis AFB, California, when jurisdiction of Travis was assumed by the Military Airlift Command and the 91st Strategic Missile Wing from Glasgow AFB, Montana, when it closed.