Nonstop flight route between Bagotville, Quebec, Canada and Grootfontein, Namibia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Bagotville (YBG), Bagotville, Quebec, Canada and Grootfontein Airport (GFY), Grootfontein, Namibia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,182 miles (or 11,558 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 CFB Bagotville and Grootfontein 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 CFB Bagotville and Grootfontein Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about CFB Bagotville (YBG):

• In addition to being known as "CFB Bagotville", another name for YBG is "Bagotville Airport".
• The closest airport to CFB Bagotville (YBG) is Alma Airport (YTF), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WNW of YBG.
• Early training aircraft operating from RCAF Station Bagotville included Curtiss Kittyhawk, Westland Lysander, North American Harvard and Hawker Hurricane.
• In 1961 413 and 432 squadrons disbanded and 416 Squadron was formed at Bagotville flying the CF-101 Voodoo.
• Because of CFB Bagotville's relatively low elevation of 522 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Bagotville 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 CFB Bagotville (YBG) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,408 miles (18,359 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• CFB Bagotville hosts the Bagotville Air Cadet Summer Training Centre.
• CFB Bagotville (YBG) has 2 runways.

Facts about Grootfontein Airport (GFY):

• The furthest airport from Grootfontein Airport (GFY) is PMRF Barking Sands (BKH), which is nearly antipodal to Grootfontein Airport (meaning Grootfontein Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from PMRF Barking Sands), and is located 12,222 miles (19,669 kilometers) away in Kekaha, Hawaii, United States.
• Because of Grootfontein Airport's high elevation of 4,636 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GFY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GFY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Grootfontein Airport (GFY) is Halali Airport (HAL), which is located 115 miles (186 kilometers) WNW of GFY.
• Grootfontein Airport (GFY) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Grootfontein Airport", another name for GFY is "Grootfontein Airport".