Nonstop flight route between Gimli, Manitoba, Canada and Iki, Iki Island, Japan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM), Gimli, Manitoba, Canada and Iki Airport (IKI), Iki, Iki Island, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,947 miles (or 9,570 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 Gimli Industrial Park Airport and Iki 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 Gimli Industrial Park Airport and Iki Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YGM / CYGM |
Airport Name: | Gimli Industrial Park Airport |
Location: | Gimli, Manitoba, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°37'41"N by 97°2'35"W |
Operator/Owner: | Rural Municipality of Gimli |
Airport Type: | public |
Elevation: | 753 feet (230 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YGM |
More Information: | YGM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IKI / RJDB |
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Location: | Iki, Iki Island, Japan |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°44'57"N by 129°47'8"E |
Area Served: | Iki, Nagasaki, Japan |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 41 feet (12 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IKI |
More Information: | IKI Maps & Info |
Facts about Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM):
- Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Gimli Industrial Park Airport's relatively low elevation of 753 feet, planes can take off or land at Gimli Industrial Park 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.
- Three people were killed on August 27, 1992 when a NewCal Aviation turbine-modified de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou they were aboard crashed on the airfield during climb-out after a short take-off from the airport.
- The closest airport to Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM) is Arnes Airport (YNR), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NNE of YGM.
- The furthest airport from Gimli Industrial Park Airport (YGM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,454 miles (16,824 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Opened as RCAF Station Gimli, the airfield served during World War II as the home of Service Flying Training School #18 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Facts about Iki Airport (IKI):
- The closest airport to Iki Airport (IKI) is Fukuoka Airport (FUK), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) ESE of IKI.
- Because of Iki Airport's relatively low elevation of 41 feet, planes can take off or land at Iki 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.
- Iki Airport (IKI) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Iki Airport", other names for IKI include "壱岐空港" and "Iki Kūkō".
- The furthest airport from Iki Airport (IKI) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is nearly antipodal to Iki Airport (meaning Iki Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rio Grande Regional Airport), and is located 12,275 miles (19,755 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.