Nonstop flight route between Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada and Flores Island, Azores, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV), Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada and Flores Airport (FLW), Flores Island, Azores, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,415 miles (or 5,496 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 Yorkton Municipal Airport and Flores 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 Yorkton Municipal Airport and Flores Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YQV / CYQV |
Airport Name: | Yorkton Municipal Airport |
Location: | Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°15'52"N by 102°27'41"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Yorkton |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1635 feet (498 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from YQV |
More Information: | YQV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FLW / LPFL |
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Location: | Flores Island, Azores, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°27'29"N by 31°7'55"W |
Area Served: | Santa Cruz das Flores |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Portugal |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 108 feet (33 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FLW |
More Information: | FLW Maps & Info |
Facts about Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV):
- The furthest airport from Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,218 miles (16,444 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV) is Swan River Airport (ZJN), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) NE of YQV.
- Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV) has 2 runways.
Facts about Flores Airport (FLW):
- The first need for an airport/airfield on the island of Flores was recognized by the Marquis Francesco de Pinedo, colonel of the Italian Air Force, who was forced to land 200 km from the island of Flores, during his attempt to reach Newfoundland.
- Flores Airport handled 45,122 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Flores Airport", another name for FLW is "Aeroporto das Flores".
- The furthest airport from Flores Airport (FLW) is Flinders Island Airport (FLS), which is nearly antipodal to Flores Airport (meaning Flores Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flinders Island Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
- Flores Airport is a regional airport on the island of Flores in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
- The closest airport to Flores Airport (FLW) is Corvo Airport (CVU), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) N of FLW.
- Because of Flores Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Flores 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.
- Flores Airport (FLW) currently has only 1 runway.