Nonstop flight route between Bydgoszcz, Poland and Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG), Bydgoszcz, Poland and Shearwater Heliport (YAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,545 miles (or 5,705 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 Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport and Shearwater Heliport, 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 Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport and Shearwater Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG):

• Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG) has 4 runways.
• Because of Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport's relatively low elevation of 236 feet, planes can take off or land at Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski 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 closest airport to Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG) is Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), which is located 67 miles (108 kilometers) SW of BZG.
• The furthest airport from Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport (BZG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,518 miles (18,537 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport", other names for BZG include "Port lotniczy im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego Bydgoszcz-Szwederowo" and "Bydgoszcz".

Facts about Shearwater Heliport (YAW):

• The Shearwater Heliport is the location of the headquarters of 12 Wing, whose sole purpose is to support and operate shipborne helicopters for the Royal Canadian Navy.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Shearwater Heliport", other names for YAW include "Halifax/Shearwater Heliport", "12 Wing Shearwater" and "CFB Shearwater".
• 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.
• Post-war, 1948, the Royal Canadian Navy took over the facility, naming it HMCS Shearwater, also known as Royal Canadian Naval Air Station Shearwater.
• Base rationalization and defence budget cutbacks for the Canadian Forces during the mid-1990s saw a largely administrative move when the formation CFB Shearwater stood down and the facilities transferred to the formation CFB Halifax and aircraft operations becoming the responsibility of newly formed 12 Wing.
• 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.
• Defence cutbacks and unit and facility realignments from 1994 to 1996 saw CFB Shearwater stand down as a separate formation and the facility merged as an airfield attached to CFB Halifax.
• Shearwater is the second-oldest military aerodrome in Canada.