Nonstop flight route between Khost, Afghanistan and Bagotville, Quebec, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Khost Airport (KHT), Khost, Afghanistan and CFB Bagotville (YBG), Bagotville, Quebec, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,301 miles (or 10,141 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 Khost Airport and CFB Bagotville, 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 Khost Airport and CFB Bagotville. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Khost Airport (KHT):

• Khost Airport is located next to the city of Khost in eastern Afghanistan.
• The closest airport to Khost Airport (KHT) is Bannu Airport (BNP), which is located 41 miles (67 kilometers) SE of KHT.
• Khost Airport (KHT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In December 2009, seven CIA employees were killed in a suicide attack at the nearby Forward Operating Base Chapman.
• The furthest airport from Khost Airport (KHT) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Khost Airport (meaning Khost Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,009 miles (19,326 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Khost Airport", other names for KHT include "Khost Airport (Khost)", "دخوست هوائی ډګر" and "KDH".

Facts about CFB Bagotville (YBG):

• Toward the end of the war, RCAF Station Bagotville began to decline in activity as the requirement for BCATP training decreased.
• The base at St-Honoré opened in June 1942, followed by Bagotville on 17 July 1942.
• The closest airport to CFB Bagotville (YBG) is Alma Airport (YTF), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WNW of YBG.
• The furthest airport from CFB Bagotville (YBG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,408 miles (18,359 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of CFB Bagotville's relatively low elevation of 522 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Bagotville 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 addition to being known as "CFB Bagotville", another name for YBG is "Bagotville Airport".
• On 1 April 1993 CFB Bagotville became home to 3 Wing, which administers all Air Command units on base.
• At the height of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Air Force selected a relatively level farming area at the head of navigable waters in the Saguenay Fjord to be the site of several aerodromes during 1941.
• CFB Bagotville (YBG) has 2 runways.
• Discovery Air Defence Services Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets are based here as part of the CF jet training program Contracted Airborne Training Services.