Nonstop flight route between Suffield, Alberta, Canada and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Suffield (YSD), Suffield, Alberta, Canada and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,895 miles (or 3,050 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 CFB Suffield and McGuire AFB, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YSD / CYSD |
Airport Name: | CFB Suffield |
Location: | Suffield, Alberta, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°16'23"N by 111°10'29"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 2525 feet (770 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YSD |
More Information: | YSD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WRI / KWRI |
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Location: | Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°0'56"N by 74°35'30"W |
View all routes: | Routes from WRI |
More Information: | WRI Maps & Info |
Facts about CFB Suffield (YSD):
- British forces left the joint operation of Suffield to the Canadian Army in 1946.
- The furthest airport from CFB Suffield (YSD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,339 miles (16,640 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Canadian Forces Base Suffield is the largest Canadian Forces Base and the largest Commonwealth military training base in the world.
- The closest airport to CFB Suffield (YSD) is Medicine Hat Airport (YXH), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) SE of YSD.
- The decision to designate the Suffield Block a military training facility in 1941 left tens of square kilometres of undisturbed prairie grassland intact from the effects of industrial agriculture.
- Defence Research and Development Canada is an agency of the Canadian Department of National Defence responding to the scientific and technological needs of the Canadian Forces.
Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):
- These squadrons flew a variety of ADC interceptors in the 1950s, starting with the F-94 Starfire in 1952, upgrading to the F-84 Thunderjet in 1953, and finally the interceptor F-86D Sabre later in 1953.
- The Bomarc site remained in operation under successor organizations after the inactivation of the NYADS.
- With the departure of the 91st SRW, control of McGuire AFB was reassigned to Continental Air Command.
- Flight operations to support Camp Dix at an adjacent airfield took place as early as 1926.
- McGuire the only base in both the Air Mobility Command and the entire U.S.
- In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
- The furthest airport from McGuire AFB (WRI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.