Nonstop flight route between Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vivigani Airport (VIV), Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea and CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ), Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,334 miles (or 11,803 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 Vivigani Airport and CFB Moose Jaw, 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 Vivigani Airport and CFB Moose Jaw. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vivigani Airport (VIV):

• The closest airport to Vivigani Airport (VIV) is Gurney Airport (GUR), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) S of VIV.
• The Royal Australian Air Force prepared the airfields, first building an emergency landing strip in April 1943.
• Vivigani Airstrip was a general use airstrip until roughly 2006.
• The furthest airport from Vivigani Airport (VIV) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,915 miles (19,176 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.

Facts about CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ):

• During a reorganization at AIRCOM in the late 1990s, CFB Moose Jaw's various AIRCOM units were placed under a new primary lodger unit called "15 Wing".
• The closest airport to CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ) is Regina International Airport (YQR), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) E of YMJ.
• The base's airfield is named after Air Vice-Marshal Clifford McEwen and is one of only three military aerodromes in Canada to be named after an individual, Valcartier Lecomte) Heliport and Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W.
• CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from CFB Moose Jaw (YMJ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,239 miles (16,478 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Moose Jaw", another name for YMJ is "Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport".
• The declaration of World War II saw the Moose Jaw Flying Club initially contracted to provide pilot training for the Royal Canadian Air Force, however this was soon replaced by the far larger British Commonwealth Air Training Plan which saw the Government of Canada acquire the aerodrome and completely reconstruct it into RCAF Station Moose Jaw in 1940 with the new aerodrome opening in 1941.
• Rising Cold War tensions saw the aerodrome reactivated by the RCAF in 1953 as the site of military pilot training.