Nonstop flight route between Bearskin Lake, Ontario, Canada and Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE), Bearskin Lake, Ontario, Canada and Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,453 miles (or 5,558 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 Bearskin Lake Airport and Bristol Filton 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 Bearskin Lake Airport and Bristol Filton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE):

• In addition to being known as "Bearskin Lake Airport", another name for XBE is "CNE3".
• Because of Bearskin Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 800 feet, planes can take off or land at Bearskin Lake 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 Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,559 miles (16,993 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bearskin Lake Airport (XBE) is Muskrat Dam Airport (MSA), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) SW of XBE.

Facts about Bristol Filton Airport (FZO):

• Following a review of its commercial and economic viability, the airport stakeholders decided to close the airport for business as of 31 December 2012.
• In 1948, 501 Squadron was equipped with De Havilland Vampire jets.
• The furthest airport from Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,930 miles (19,200 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• A further downhill extension to the main runway was made for the Concorde project in the late 1960s.
• The closest airport to Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Bristol Airport (BRS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of FZO.
• In addition to being known as "Bristol Filton Airport", another name for FZO is "Filton Aerodrome".
• Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bristol Filton Airport's relatively low elevation of 225 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol Filton 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.
• From 1929 the 501 Squadron was based at RAF Filton.
• The length of the runway and its closed-to-passengers status made it an ideal dispersion site for the nation's airborne nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.