You may want to have a quick look at a map now, however. When you start considering Canadian ALSs (especially myself) that no longer holds true.
Of course I considered the Canadian ALS's, and yours. See below. (Sample distances- apologies if I missed a "far end" ALS) ( http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist ) Distance between Iqaluit-Las Vegas as the crow flies: 2715 miles (4369 km) Honolulu-Las Vegas, Nevada 2754 miles (4431 km) Las Vegas -San Juan, Puerto Rico 3222 miles (5186 km) Las Vegas-Montreal 2246 miles (3615 km) Calgary- Honolulu 3117 miles (5016 km) Calgary - San Juan 3446 miles (5547 km) Calgary- Iqaluit 1860 miles (2994 km) Vancouver- Honolulu is 2707 miles (4356 km) Vancouver- San Juan is 3789 (6098 km) Vancouver- Iqaluit is 2226 miles (3582 km) Chicago- Iqaluit 1699 miles (2735 km) Chicago- San Juan 2056 miles (3309 km) Chicago- Honolulu 4249 miles (6839 km) New York seems like one of the worst locations.... NYC- Honolulu 4968 miles (7996 km) NYC-Iqaluit 1611 miles (2593 km)