Nonstop flight route between Bagotville, Quebec, Canada and Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Bagotville (YBG), Bagotville, Quebec, Canada and Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,105 miles (or 4,998 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 Johan Adolf Pengel 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 CFB Bagotville and Johan Adolf Pengel 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 CFB Bagotville (YBG):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Bagotville", another name for YBG is "Bagotville Airport".
• Bagotville also supports 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron reformed on 20 January 2009.
• The closest airport to CFB Bagotville (YBG) is Alma Airport (YTF), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WNW of YBG.
• Later that year 410 squadron formed at CFB Bagotville to provide training.
• On 1 April 1993 CFB Bagotville became home to 3 Wing, which administers all Air Command units on base.
• 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.
• The base at St-Honoré opened in June 1942, followed by Bagotville on 17 July 1942.
• CFB Bagotville (YBG) has 2 runways.

Facts about Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM):

• As of May 2013, the following passenger airlines operate at the airport
• Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Operations From Zandery Field consisted of coastal, convoy and anti-submarine patrols until 31 October 1942.
• The closest airport to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) N of PBM.
• With the United States entry into the war in December 1941, the importance of Zandery Field increased drastically, becoming a major transport base on the South Atlantic route of Air Transport Command ferrying supplies and personnel to Freetown Airport, Sierra Leone and onwards to the European and African theaters of the war.
• Because of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Johan Adolf Pengel 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 Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (meaning Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.