Nonstop flight route between Sachigo Lake, Ontario, Canada and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sachigo Lake Airport (ZPB), Sachigo Lake, Ontario, Canada and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,564 miles (or 5,736 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 Sachigo Lake Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Sachigo Lake Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sachigo Lake Airport (ZPB):

• The furthest airport from Sachigo Lake Airport (ZPB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,524 miles (16,936 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Sachigo Lake Airport (ZPB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sachigo Lake Airport (ZPB) is Muskrat Dam Airport (MSA), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) SSE of ZPB.
• Because of Sachigo Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 876 feet, planes can take off or land at Sachigo Lake 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.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• Much media attention focused on the airfield when the body of Diana, Princess of Wales, arrived there from Villacoublay airfield, in Paris, France, after her death in a car crash in the city on 31 August 1997.
• Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
• In 1943, the station became the first to fly sorties using Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXs in German airspace in support of bomber operations.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 1916, No. 43 Squadron was formed under the command of Major Sholto Douglas.
• Northolt became an active base during the Second World War for Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force squadrons in their defence of the United Kingdom.
• The overnight base of the London Air Ambulance moved to RAF Northolt from Denham Aerodrome in February 2013.
• The outbreak of the First World War necessitated a new aerodrome for the Royal Flying Corps.