Nonstop flight route between Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada and Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Port Hardy Airport (YZT), Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada and CFB Cold Lake (YOD), Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 759 miles (or 1,222 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 relatively short distance between Port Hardy Airport and CFB Cold Lake, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Port Hardy Airport (YZT):

• 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.
• 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.

Facts about CFB Cold Lake (YOD):

• In 2007 it was the setting for Jetstream, a TV series depicting eight pilots training under the 410 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron to fly a CF-18.
• The furthest airport from CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,097 miles (16,250 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In 1990 18 sounding rockets were launched.
• CFB Cold Lake (YOD) has 3 runways.
• CLAWR is the northern equivalent to the United States Air Force's Nellis Air Force Range and provides a different training environment with heavy boreal forest and numerous lakes more closely resembling European terrain.
• The closest airport to CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Bonnyville Airport (YBY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of YOD.
• The facility is named Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Cold Lake", another name for YOD is "Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport".