Nonstop flight route between Poznań, Poland and Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ), Poznań, Poland and CFB Goose Bay (YYR), Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,059 miles (or 4,923 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 Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski 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 Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport and CFB Goose Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ):

• Because of Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport's relatively low elevation of 308 feet, planes can take off or land at Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski 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.
• The furthest airport from Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,585 miles (18,645 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport, built in 1913, is one of the oldest airports in Poland.
• On 15 August 2006, a Turkish charter flight from Antalya Airport, Antalya, Turkey to Poznań–Ławica — Sky Airlines SHY335 Boeing 737 — mistakenly landed at 19:50 local time at the Poznań–Krzesiny airfield.
• Scheduled express bus L leaves from Poznań Central Station every half-hour to Poznań–Ławica Airport via Bałtyk.
• In addition to being known as "Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport", other names for POZ include "Port Lotniczy Poznań–Ławica im. Henryka Wieniawskiego" and "Poznań".
• The northern section has been used as a military airport since its inception in 1913 as an Imperial German airbase till 23 December 2009.
• The closest airport to Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) is Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) WSW of POZ.
• Poznań–Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport (POZ) currently has only 1 runway.

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.
• Goose Bay was the site of the first US nuclear weapons in Canada, when in 1950 the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command stationed 11 model 1561 Fat Man atomic bombs at the base.
• 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.
• In response to lessons learned from the Vietnam War and the growing sophistication of Soviet anti-aircraft radar and surface-to-air missile technology being deployed in Europe, NATO allies began looking at new doctrines in the 1970s–1980s which mandated low-level flight to evade detection.
• 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.
• 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.
• The closest airport to CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Rigolet Airport (YRG), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) NE of YYR.
• CFB Goose Bay (YYR) has 2 runways.
• To provide rescue and range support to the jet aircraft operating from Goose Bay the Canadian Forces provided a Base Rescue Flight consisting of three CH-135 Twin Huey helicopters.
• CFB Goose Bay's airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Goose Bay Airport.