Nonstop flight route between Nîmes-Arles-Camargue, France and Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (FNI), Nîmes-Arles-Camargue, France and Shearwater Heliport (YAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,263 miles (or 5,251 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 Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes 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 Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes 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 Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (FNI):

• Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (FNI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (FNI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (meaning Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport's relatively low elevation of 309 feet, planes can take off or land at Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes 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.
• In April 2012, the European Commission announced that it had launched an in-depth investigation into the financial arrangements that Nîmes Airport had with public authorities and Ryanair.
• The closest airport to Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (FNI) is Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport (MPL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of FNI.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 309 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport", another name for FNI is "Aéroport de Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes".

Facts about Shearwater Heliport (YAW):

• The February 1, 1968 unification of the three service branches into the Canadian Forces saw HMCS Shearwater change its name to Canadian Forces Base Shearwater.
• Beginning in the 1970s, CFB Shearwater began hosting an Armed Forces Day every fall, typically on the weekend following Labour Day, and included an air show where the long and wide runways at Shearwater hosted some of the largest aircraft in the world, including the U.S.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Shearwater Heliport (YAW) is Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) N of YAW.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Shearwater Heliport", other names for YAW include "Halifax/Shearwater Heliport", "12 Wing Shearwater" and "CFB Shearwater".
• The air show moved to Yarmouth Airport in 2009 but returned to Shearwater in 2010, the first time since 2003 that an air show was held at the historic airfield.