Nonstop flight route between Bagotville, Quebec, Canada and Sayaboury, Laos:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Bagotville (YBG), Bagotville, Quebec, Canada and Sayaboury Airport (ZBY), Sayaboury, Laos would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,747 miles (or 12,468 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 CFB Bagotville and Sayaboury Airport, 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 CFB Bagotville and Sayaboury Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about CFB Bagotville (YBG):

• On 1 April 1993 CFB Bagotville became home to 3 Wing, which administers all Air Command units on base.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Bagotville", another name for YBG is "Bagotville Airport".
• The furthest airport from CFB Bagotville (YBG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,408 miles (18,359 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1961 413 and 432 squadrons disbanded and 416 Squadron was formed at Bagotville flying the CF-101 Voodoo.
• Discovery Air Defence Services Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets are based here as part of the CF jet training program Contracted Airborne Training Services.
• On 1 July 1984 425 squadron changed from the CF-101 Voodoo to the CF-188 Hornet.
• Because of CFB Bagotville's relatively low elevation of 522 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Bagotville 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.
• Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, commonly referred to as CFB Bagotville, is a Canadian Forces Base located 4.5 nautical miles west of Bagotville in the city of Saguenay, Quebec.
• CFB Bagotville (YBG) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to CFB Bagotville (YBG) is Alma Airport (YTF), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WNW of YBG.
• The base at St-Honoré opened in June 1942, followed by Bagotville on 17 July 1942.

Facts about Sayaboury Airport (ZBY):

• Because of Sayaboury Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Sayaboury 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.
• The furthest airport from Sayaboury Airport (ZBY) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is nearly antipodal to Sayaboury Airport (meaning Sayaboury Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport), and is located 12,064 miles (19,415 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
• The closest airport to Sayaboury Airport (ZBY) is Luang Prabang International Airport (LPQ), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) NNE of ZBY.