Nonstop flight route between Acarigua, Venezuela and Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV), Acarigua, Venezuela and Shearwater Heliport (YAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,448 miles (or 3,940 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 Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport and Shearwater Heliport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AGV / SVAC |
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Location: | Acarigua, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°33'11"N by 69°14'14"W |
Area Served: | Acarigua, Venezuela |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 741 feet (226 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from AGV |
More Information: | AGV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YAW / CYAW |
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Location: | Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°38'13"N by 63°30'7"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 144 feet (44 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YAW |
More Information: | YAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV):
- Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (meaning Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,313 miles (19,815 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV) is Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NNW of AGV.
- Because of Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Oswaldo Guevara Mujica 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.
- In addition to being known as "Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport", another name for AGV is "Aeropuerto Gral. Bgda. Oswaldo Guevara Mujica".
Facts about Shearwater Heliport (YAW):
- Because of Shearwater Heliport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Shearwater Heliport 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 Shearwater Heliport (YAW) is Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) N of YAW.
- The combined land and sea-based aerodromes were used to station carrier-based maritime patrol and fighter aircraft.
- During the late 1990s and early 2000s the Shearwater airfield was scaled back significantly as the facility transitioned to a heliport with surplus lands identified and transferred to Canada Lands Company.
- The furthest airport from Shearwater Heliport (YAW) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,763 miles (18,931 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- The inconvenience of not having a ground component for the "Nova Scotia International Air Show" as a result of the Shearwater Heliport Conversion Project saw the entire event moved to Halifax Stanfield International Airport beginning in 2004.
- Shearwater Heliport's primary mission remains as a heliport in support of the Royal Canadian Navy's Maritime Forces Atlantic warships with shipborne helicopters operated by 12 Wing, a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
- In addition to being known as "Shearwater Heliport", other names for YAW include "Halifax/Shearwater Heliport", "12 Wing Shearwater" and "CFB Shearwater".