Nonstop flight route between Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Chilas, Pakistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stephenville Airport (YJT), Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Chilas Airport (CHB), Chilas, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,945 miles (or 9,568 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 Stephenville Airport and Chilas 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 Stephenville Airport and Chilas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stephenville Airport (YJT):

• The base was also used as a refueling stop for transatlantic military flights.
• The airport is now owned and operated by the local Airport Authority, the Stephenville Airport Corporation Inc.
• Because of Stephenville Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Stephenville 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 Stephenville Airport (YJT) is Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) NE of YJT.
• The furthest airport from Stephenville Airport (YJT) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,479 miles (18,474 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• On September 11, 2001, eight civilian airliners made unscheduled landings at the Stephenville Airport following the closure of North American airspace in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC.
• The mandate of the base was to maintain a tanker alert force and its capability to meet and refuel Strategic Air Command jet bombers en route to targets.
• Stephenville Airport (YJT) has 2 runways.

Facts about Chilas Airport (CHB):

• The closest airport to Chilas Airport (CHB) is Gilgit Airport (GIL), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NNE of CHB.
• Chilas Airport (CHB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Chilas Airport's high elevation of 4,150 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CHB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CHB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Chilas Airport (CHB) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,830 miles (19,038 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.