Nonstop flight route between Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama and Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC), Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama and CFB Goose Bay (YYR), Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,272 miles (or 5,266 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 Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport 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 Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport 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 Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC):

• Because of Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International 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.
• Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport is a public airport located 1.5 km northwest of the center of Bocas del Toro, a town on Isla Colón in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama.
• The closest airport to Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC) is Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) WNW of BOC.
• The furthest airport from Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (meaning Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,230 miles (19,683 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The airport has no control tower, runway lights, or approach lights.
• In addition to being known as "Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport", another name for BOC is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón"".
• Bocas del Toro is a tropical coastal destination.
• Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about CFB Goose Bay (YYR):

• In addition to being known as "CFB Goose Bay", another name for YYR is "Goose Bay Airport".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 1983, a NASA Boeing 747 transport aircraft carrying the Space Shuttle Enterprise landed at CFB Goose Bay to refuel on its way to a European tour where the shuttle was then displayed in France and the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• CFB Goose Bay (YYR) has 2 runways.
• In 1988, the Pinetree Line radar site at CFB Goose Bay was closed.
• 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 closest airport to CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Rigolet Airport (YRG), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) NE of YYR.