Nonstop flight route between Sirte, Libya and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX), Sirte, Libya and Kamloops Airport (YKA), Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,210 miles (or 9,994 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 Ghardabiya Air Base and Kamloops Airport, 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 Ghardabiya Air Base and Kamloops Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX):

• Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX) is Misrata International Airport (MRA), which is located 126 miles (203 kilometers) NW of SRX.
• The furthest airport from Ghardabiya Air Base (SRX) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is located 11,720 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
• It was targeted by United States Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers equipped with precision-guided munitions during the 2011 Libyan civil war on 20 and 21 March 2011.
• Because of Ghardabiya Air Base's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Ghardabiya Air Base 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ghardabiya Air Base", other names for SRX include "Gardabya Airport" and "SRX [1]".

Facts about Kamloops Airport (YKA):

• The furthest airport from Kamloops Airport (YKA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,541 miles (16,964 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• On July 31, 2010, a Convair CV-580 airtanker operated by Convair Aviation, on route to the Kamloops Airport, crashed and was destroyed due to a local forest fire on the British Columbia Ministry of Forests land near Siwash Road, some 15 kilometres south of Lytton, British Columbia, a town in the Thompson region, along with Kamloops.
• Initial examination for constructing an airport in Kamloops began in June 1931, when the city leased 46 acres from fruit-growing company BC Fruitlands.
• In addition to being known as "Kamloops Airport", another name for YKA is "Fulton Field".
• The closest airport to Kamloops Airport (YKA) is Merritt Airport (YMB), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) SSW of YKA.
• In addition, the airport was used by the Royal Canadian Air Force as an alternate route for the no longer existent Air Transport Command for flights to the Soviet Union.
• Kamloops Airport handled 275,424 passengers last year.
• By 1951, the airport founded and became headquarters of Central British Columbia Airways, which was later known as Pacific Western Airlines, but is no longer existent.
• Kamloops Airport (YKA) has 2 runways.
• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police operates an A-Star helicopter at the airport, while the BC Forest Service occasionally uses the airfield with their helicopters.