Nonstop flight route between Chevery, Quebec, Canada and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chevery Airport (YHR), Chevery, Quebec, Canada and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,811 miles (or 2,915 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 relatively short distance between Chevery Airport and Moody Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Chevery Airport (YHR):

• The closest airport to Chevery Airport (YHR) is Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport (ZTB), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NE of YHR.
• The furthest airport from Chevery Airport (YHR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,356 miles (18,276 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Chevery Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Chevery 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.
• Chevery Airport (YHR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• On 1 December 1973, the 38th Flying Training Wing replaced and absorbed the resources of the 3550th Pilot Training Wing at Moody.
• Also located on Moody A.F.B.
• In September 1944, Moody began replacing the AT-10 with the TB-25 Mitchell.
• The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing is a non-flying active support wing activated on 25 January 2008.
• As a result of the August 1992 destruction of Homestead AFB, Florida by Hurricane Andrew, the 31st Fighter Wing's 307th and 308th Fighter Squadrons were initially evacuated to Moody AFB prior to the hurricane making landfall.
• The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• Due to reduced demands for new pilots during the early months of 1945, The Army Air Force announced that Moody would be transferred to the First Air Force on 30 April 1945.
• While on standby status, the airfield was redesignated as Moody Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.
• On 1 September 1951, Moody was formally transferred from SAC to ATC.