Nonstop flight route between Pensacola, Florida, United States and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from NUN to YED:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- NUN Airport Information
- YED Airport Information
- Facts about NUN
- Facts about YED
- Map of Nearest Airports to NUN
- List of Nearest Airports to NUN
- Map of Furthest Airports from NUN
- List of Furthest Airports from NUN
- Map of Nearest Airports to YED
- List of Nearest Airports to YED
- Map of Furthest Airports from YED
- List of Furthest Airports from YED
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between NOLF Saufley Field (NUN), Pensacola, Florida, United States and CFB Edmonton (YED), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,066 miles (or 3,326 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 NOLF Saufley Field and CFB Edmonton, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUN / KNUN |
Airport Name: | NOLF Saufley Field |
Location: | Pensacola, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°28'10"N by 87°20'17"W |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Navy |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 85 feet (26 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NUN |
More Information: | NUN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YED / CYED |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°40'27"N by 113°29'29"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 2257 feet (688 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YED |
More Information: | YED Maps & Info |
Facts about NOLF Saufley Field (NUN):
- The closest airport to NOLF Saufley Field (NUN) is Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SSE of NUN.
- The installation was originally commissioned in 1943 as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Saufley Field and was redesignated Naval Air Station Saufley Field in 1968.
- Because of NOLF Saufley Field's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at NOLF Saufley Field 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.
- NOLF Saufley Field (NUN) has 2 runways.
- Saufley Field is a military airport located five nautical miles west of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States.
- The furthest airport from NOLF Saufley Field (NUN) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,146 miles (17,937 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In 1988, Federal Prison Camp Pensacola was established at Saufley Field by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide minimum security inmate manpower to various components of the Pensacola Naval Complex.
Facts about CFB Edmonton (YED):
- The closest airport to CFB Edmonton (YED) is Edmonton International Airport (YEG), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) S of YED.
- In 1968, when Canada's armed forces were amalgamated, RCAF Station Namao was redesignated Canadian Forces Base Edmonton and was under command of the new Air Transport Command and later Air Command.
- On June 7, 2013, the base hosted the raising of a rainbow flag to kick off Edmonton Pride, the first time in Canadian history that the flag has flown on a military base.
- During the war the airfield became a staging point for the US defence of Alaska and was heavily used by the US military.
- The furthest airport from CFB Edmonton (YED) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,216 miles (16,441 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- CFB Edmonton is a Canadian Forces base located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- In addition to being known as "CFB Edmonton", other names for YED include "Edmonton/Namao Heliport Edmonton Garrison" and "Steele Barracks".
- Although both runways are still visible they are no longer in use except for a 45 m × 150 m section of 03/21 used by helicopters.