Nonstop flight route between Maymana, Afghanistan and Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر (MMZ), Maymana, Afghanistan and CFB Goose Bay (YYR), Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,454 miles (or 8,777 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 Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر and CFB Goose Bay, 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 Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر and CFB Goose Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر (MMZ):

• Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر (MMZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر (MMZ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,741 miles (18,896 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر", another name for MMZ is "Maymana Airport (Maymana)".
• The closest airport to Maymana Airport د میمنه هوائی ډګر (MMZ) is Chaghcharan Airport د چغچران هوائی ډګر (CCN), which is located 101 miles (163 kilometers) SSE of MMZ.

Facts about CFB Goose Bay (YYR):

• The furthest airport from CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,164 miles (17,967 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Goose Bay", another name for YYR is "Goose Bay Airport".
• CFB Goose Bay (YYR) has 2 runways.
• On 11 September 2001, CFB Goose Bay hosted seven trans-Atlantic commercial airliners which were diverted to land as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon, following the closure of North American airspace as a result of terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.
• Because of CFB Goose Bay's relatively low elevation of 160 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Goose Bay 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.
• Goose Bay was the site of the first US nuclear weapons in Canada, when in 1950 the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command stationed 11 model 1561 Fat Man atomic bombs at the base.
• The closest airport to CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Rigolet Airport (YRG), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) NE of YYR.
• Labradorian politicians such as former Liberal Senator Bill Rompkey have advocated using CFB Goose Bay as a site for a missile defense radar system being developed by the United States Department of Defense.
• The Canadian Forces continued to use Goose Bay for staging interceptor aircraft, however Canadian Forces Air Command concentrated on purchasing the new CF-18 interceptor in the late 1970s and early 1980s.