Nonstop flight route between Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada and Georgetown, Guyana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shearwater Heliport (YAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada and Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO), Georgetown, Guyana would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,654 miles (or 4,271 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 Cheddi Jagan International 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 Cheddi Jagan International 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):

• 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".
• 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.
• These changes allowed for heliport operations including instrument approaches and were accompanied with the construction of other non-airfield facilities in support of the Maritime Helicopter Project.
• 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.
• Beginning in the 1970s, CFB Shearwater began hosting an Armed Forces Day every fall, typically on the weekend following Labour Day, and included an air show where the long and wide runways at Shearwater hosted some of the largest aircraft in the world, including the U.S.
• Base rationalization and defence budget cutbacks for the Canadian Forces during the mid-1990s saw a largely administrative move when the formation CFB Shearwater stood down and the facilities transferred to the formation CFB Halifax and aircraft operations becoming the responsibility of newly formed 12 Wing.

Facts about Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO):

• The closest airport to Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NNE of GEO.
• Because of Cheddi Jagan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 95 feet, planes can take off or land at Cheddi Jagan International 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 Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Cheddi Jagan International Airport (meaning Cheddi Jagan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,870 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
• Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) has 2 runways.
• United States Army Air Forces 430th Bombardment Squadron was assigned to Atkinson field from 4 November 1941 to 31 October 1942 flying anti-submarine sorties in Douglas B-18 bombers.
• The terminal has six ground level gates.
• In March 1997, following the death of President Dr.
• The Cheddi Jagan International Airport is currently under going a 150 million dollar modernization and expansion.
• At the end of the war, Atkinson Field was reduced in scope to a skeleton staff.