Nonstop flight route between Page, Arizona, United States and Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Page Municipal Airport (PGA), Page, Arizona, United States and CFB Goose Bay (YYR), Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,663 miles (or 4,285 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 Page Municipal Airport and CFB Goose Bay, 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 Page Municipal Airport and CFB Goose Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PGA / KPGA |
| Airport Name: | Page Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Page, Arizona, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°55'33"N by 111°26'53"W |
| Area Served: | Page, Arizona |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Page |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4316 feet (1,316 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PGA |
| More Information: | PGA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YYR / CYYR |
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| Location: | Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 53°19'9"N by 60°25'32"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 160 feet (49 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YYR |
| More Information: | YYR Maps & Info |
Facts about Page Municipal Airport (PGA):
- The closest airport to Page Municipal Airport (PGA) is Bullfrog Basin Airport (BFG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NE of PGA.
- Because of Page Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,316 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PGA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PGA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Page Municipal Airport covers an area of 555 acres at an elevation of 4,316 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Page Municipal Airport (PGA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,210 miles (18,040 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Page Municipal Airport (PGA) has 2 runways.
Facts about CFB Goose Bay (YYR):
- The increased low-level flights by fighter aircraft was not without serious controversy as the Innu Nation protested these operations vociferously, claiming that the noise of aircraft travelling at supersonic speeds in close proximity to the ground was adversely affecting wildlife, namely caribou, and was a nuisance to their way of life on their traditional lands.
- Because of CFB Goose Bay's relatively low elevation of 160 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Goose Bay 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 story of the base’s founding was evocatively told in a wartime Canadian book by William G.
- The base was initially a Royal Canadian Air Force station and later a United States Air Force base known as Goose AFB, housing units of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Defense Command.
- The furthest airport from CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,164 miles (17,967 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- In 1983, a NASA Boeing 747 transport aircraft carrying the Space Shuttle Enterprise landed at CFB Goose Bay to refuel on its way to a European tour where the shuttle was then displayed in France and the United Kingdom.
- CFB Goose Bay (YYR) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Rigolet Airport (YRG), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) NE of YYR.
- In addition to being known as "CFB Goose Bay", another name for YYR is "Goose Bay Airport".
- The Canadian Forces continued to use Goose Bay for staging interceptor aircraft, however Canadian Forces Air Command concentrated on purchasing the new CF-18 interceptor in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
