Nonstop flight route between Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vijayawada Airport (VGA), Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India and Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,661 miles (or 12,329 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 Vijayawada Airport and Vancouver Harbour Water Airport, 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 Vijayawada Airport and Vancouver Harbour Water Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vijayawada Airport (VGA):

• The airport, which had only Kingfisher Airline operating two flights - one each to Hyderabad and Bangalore previously, now has six flights a day taking off to various destinations.
• Vijayawada Airport is situated at a distance of 18 kilometers from the city of Vijayawada on National Highway 5 connecting Chennai to Kolkata.
• In addition to being known as "Vijayawada Airport", other names for VGA include "Gannavaram Airport" and "VOBZ".
• Vijayawada Airport (VGA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Vijayawada Airport (VGA) is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD), which is located 156 miles (251 kilometers) WNW of VGA.
• Because of Vijayawada Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Vijayawada 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 Vijayawada Airport (VGA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,459 miles (18,441 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.

Facts about Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH):

• The furthest airport from Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,677 miles (17,184 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In 2007, the link to Victoria Inner Harbour Airport was, according to the Official Airline Guide, Canada's busiest air route by the number of weekly flights.
• The actual aircraft docking area, at 49°17′26.44″N 123°07′08.90″W / 49.2906778°N 123.1191389°W / 49.2906778.
• In addition to being known as "Vancouver Harbour Water Airport", another name for CXH is "Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base".
• The Vancouver Harbour Control Tower is the only one in Canada specifically for a water aerodrome.
• Because of Vancouver Harbour Water Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Vancouver Harbour Water 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 closest airport to Vancouver Harbour Water Airport (CXH) is Vancouver International Airport (YVR), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SSW of CXH.