Nonstop flight route between Grenoble, France and Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB), Grenoble, France and CFB Greenwood (YZX), Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,307 miles (or 5,321 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 Grenoble–Isère Airport and CFB Greenwood, 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 Grenoble–Isère Airport and CFB Greenwood. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB):

• The furthest airport from Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Grenoble–Isère Airport (meaning Grenoble–Isère Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,298 miles (19,792 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) is Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNW of GNB.
• Grenoble–Isère Airport (GNB) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Grenoble–Isère Airport", another name for GNB is "Aéroport de Grenoble–Isère".

Facts about CFB Greenwood (YZX):

• The closest airport to CFB Greenwood (YZX) is Digby/Annapolis Regional Airport (YDG), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SW of YZX.
• The first CP-107 Argus arrived at RCAF Station Greenwood on May 1, 1958.
• Because of CFB Greenwood's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Greenwood 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 Cold War was in its infancy during the late 1940s when Canada signed the North Atlantic Treaty with the western war-time Allies, becoming part of NATO.
• By the end of 1942, the BCATP program was changing across Canada in light of Allied successes in Europe.
• Further defence cuts and reorganization in 1995 saw the 434 Squadron move from CFB Shearwater to Greenwood, bringing its Canadair CE/CT-33 Silver Star and Canadair CC/CP/CE-144 Challenger combat support aircraft to the base.
• That year saw many decisions aimed at reducing duplication among the services, with various units being reorganized, moved, or disbanded.
• CFB Greenwood (YZX) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Greenwood", another name for YZX is "Greenwood Airport".
• The furthest airport from CFB Greenwood (YZX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,728 miles (18,875 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.