Nonstop flight route between Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and North Bay, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and North Bay Airport (YYB), North Bay, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,140 miles (or 5,053 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 Kinloss Barracks and North Bay 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 Kinloss Barracks and North Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kinloss Barracks (FSS):

• During the Cold War Kinloss squadrons carried out anti-submarine duties, locating and shadowing Russian naval units.
• Construction work began in the spring of 1938 to establish RAF Kinloss as a pilot training school.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 26 July 2012 at 1200 the RAF Ensign was lowered for the last time, and replaced by the flag of 39 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, to become Kinloss Barracks.
• Not long after VE Day 19 OTU was disbanded and the arrival of 6 Coastal OTU saw the beginning of Kinloss's association with maritime operations, an association that continues to this day.
• The closest airport to Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.
• In December 2009, the MOD announced the premature retirement of the Nimrod MR2 by March 2010 and that the introduction of the Nimrod MRA4 would be delayed to 2012.
• Because of Kinloss Barracks's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinloss Barracks 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 Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.

Facts about North Bay Airport (YYB):

• The closest airport to North Bay Airport (YYB) is Sudbury Airport (YSB), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) WNW of YYB.
• North Bay Airport (YYB) has 3 runways.
• The airport is home to the Canadore College's aviation campus which houses their aviation programs.
• The furthest airport from North Bay Airport (YYB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,289 miles (18,168 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "North Bay Airport", another name for YYB is "North Bay/Jack Garland Airport".
• The first terminal was constructed in 1938 to house a small waiting area on the ground floor and control tower on the second.
• There is a glider/ski area of 2,000 ft × 75 ft.