Nonstop flight route between Zaporizhia, Ukraine and Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH), Zaporizhia, Ukraine and Shearwater Heliport (YAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,380 miles (or 7,049 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 Zaporizhzhya International Airport and Shearwater Heliport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OZH / UKDE |
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Location: | Zaporizhia, Ukraine |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°52'0"N by 35°18'56"E |
Area Served: | Zaporizhia, Ukraine |
Operator/Owner: | SE International Airport Zaporozhye |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 373 feet (114 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OZH |
More Information: | OZH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YAW / CYAW |
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Location: | Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°38'13"N by 63°30'7"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 144 feet (44 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from YAW |
More Information: | YAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH):
- Because of Zaporizhzhya International Airport's relatively low elevation of 373 feet, planes can take off or land at Zaporizhzhya International 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 addition to being known as "Zaporizhzhya International Airport", other names for OZH include "Міжнародний аеропорт "Запоріжжя"" and "Международный аэропорт "Запорожье"".
- Zaporizhzhya International Airport handled 33,386 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,893 miles (17,531 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) is Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) NNW of OZH.
- Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Shearwater Heliport (YAW):
- 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.
- Organizers of the "Nova Scotia International Air Show" continued to make use the Shearwater airfield for both ground displays and the air show component until 2002.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Shearwater Heliport", other names for YAW include "Halifax/Shearwater Heliport", "12 Wing Shearwater" and "CFB Shearwater".
- 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.
- 12 Wing's squadrons at Shearwater Heliport in Nova Scotia and at Patricia Bay in British Columbia currently operate the Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King but is expected to re-equip with the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone commencing in 2012 with the conclusion of the Maritime Helicopter Project.
- Shearwater is the second-oldest military aerodrome in Canada.
- 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.