Nonstop flight route between Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada and Yacuiba, Bolivia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shearwater Heliport (YAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada and Yacuiba Airport (BYC), Yacuiba, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,601 miles (or 7,405 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 Shearwater Heliport and Yacuiba 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 Shearwater Heliport and Yacuiba Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Shearwater Heliport (YAW):

• By 2002 only runway 10/28 remained open.
• The inconvenience of not having a ground component for the "Nova Scotia International Air Show" as a result of the Shearwater Heliport Conversion Project saw the entire event moved to Halifax Stanfield International Airport beginning in 2004.
• The furthest airport from Shearwater Heliport (YAW) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,763 miles (18,931 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Shearwater Heliport", other names for YAW include "Halifax/Shearwater Heliport", "12 Wing Shearwater" and "CFB Shearwater".
• As part of the heliport conversion project, the old runway 16/34 was permanently closed and placed outside of a new fence for the Shearwater Heliport, as shown in the Canada Flight Supplement effective 31 July 2008.
• Shearwater is the second-oldest military aerodrome in Canada.
• The closest airport to Shearwater Heliport (YAW) is Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) N of YAW.
• Because of Shearwater Heliport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Shearwater Heliport 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.
• 12 Wing's squadrons at Shearwater Heliport in Nova Scotia and at Patricia Bay in British Columbia currently operate the Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King but is expected to re-equip with the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone commencing in 2012 with the conclusion of the Maritime Helicopter Project.
• Following a base rationalization program in the mid-1990s, the Canadian Forces closed CFB Shearwater as a separate formation and realigned the property's various facilities into CFB Halifax.

Facts about Yacuiba Airport (BYC):

• The furthest airport from Yacuiba Airport (BYC) is Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (SWA), which is nearly antipodal to Yacuiba Airport (meaning Yacuiba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport), and is located 12,326 miles (19,837 kilometers) away in Jieyang / Shantou / Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
• In addition to being known as "Yacuiba Airport", another name for BYC is "Aeropuerto Yacuiba".
• Yacuiba Airport (BYC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Yacuiba Airport (BYC) is Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (TTG), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) S of BYC.