Nonstop flight route between Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC), Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX), Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,983 miles (or 8,019 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 Umberto Modiano Airport and 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown,, 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 Umberto Modiano Airport and 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown,. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC):

• Because of Umberto Modiano Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Umberto Modiano 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.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• The furthest airport from Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Umberto Modiano Airport (meaning Umberto Modiano Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,186 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• The closest airport to Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC) is Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) SSW of BZC.
• In addition to being known as "Umberto Modiano Airport", another name for BZC is "Aeroporto Umberto Modiano".
• The airport is located 11 km from downtown Búzios.
• Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX):

• The closest airport to 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX) is Fredericton International Airport (YFC), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) WNW of YCX.
• The Gagetown Military Camp opened in 1956 and was named after the village of Gagetown, although the base was located west of this historic village and was headquartered 25 km to its north in Oromocto.
• Because of 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown,'s relatively low elevation of 166 feet, planes can take off or land at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, 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 2009, a New York production company is releasing a feature length documentary looking into the herbicide sprayings that took place at the base from 1956-1984.
• The furthest airport from 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, (YCX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,652 miles (18,752 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Existing training facilities dating from the First and Second World Wars in eastern Canada were relatively small, thus a new facility was considered.