Nonstop flight route between Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada and Kangnung (Gangneung), South Korea:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from YZT to KAG:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- YZT Airport Information
- KAG Airport Information
- Facts about YZT
- Facts about KAG
- Map of Nearest Airports to YZT
- List of Nearest Airports to YZT
- Map of Furthest Airports from YZT
- List of Furthest Airports from YZT
- Map of Nearest Airports to KAG
- List of Nearest Airports to KAG
- Map of Furthest Airports from KAG
- List of Furthest Airports from KAG
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Port Hardy Airport (YZT), Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada and Gangneung Airbase (KAG), Kangnung (Gangneung), South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,783 miles (or 7,697 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 Port Hardy Airport and Gangneung Airbase, 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 Port Hardy Airport and Gangneung Airbase. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YZT / CYZT |
Airport Name: | Port Hardy Airport |
Location: | Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°40'50"N by 127°19'59"W |
Operator/Owner: | Transport Canada |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 71 feet (22 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from YZT |
More Information: | YZT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KAG / RKNN |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Kangnung (Gangneung), South Korea |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°45'11"N by 128°56'36"E |
Operator/Owner: | ROKAF |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 35 feet (11 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KAG |
More Information: | KAG Maps & Info |
Facts about Port Hardy Airport (YZT):
- The furthest airport from Port Hardy Airport (YZT) is East London Airport (ELS), which is located 10,686 miles (17,197 kilometers) away in East London, South Africa.
- Port Hardy Airport (YZT) has 3 runways.
- Because of Port Hardy Airport's relatively low elevation of 71 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Hardy 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 Port Hardy Airport (YZT) is Port McNeill Airport (YMP), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of YZT.
Facts about Gangneung Airbase (KAG):
- In addition to being known as "Gangneung Airbase", another name for KAG is "강릉공항".
- Gangneung Airbase (KAG) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Gangneung Airbase's relatively low elevation of 35 feet, planes can take off or land at Gangneung Airbase 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.
- Gangneung Airbase is an airbase holding the 18th fighter wing of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
- The closest airport to Gangneung Airbase (KAG) is Sokcho Airport (SHO), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NW of KAG.
- In 1969, Korean Air Lines YS-11 flying from Gangneung Airbase to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul was hijacked by a North Korean agent and forced to land in the North.
- The furthest airport from Gangneung Airbase (KAG) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Gangneung Airbase (meaning Gangneung Airbase is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,136 miles (19,531 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.