Nonstop flight route between Gander, Newfoundland, Canada and Heho, Myanmar (Burma):

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada and Heho Airport (HEH), Heho, Myanmar (Burma) would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,309 miles (or 11,763 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 Gander International Airport and Heho 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 Gander International Airport and Heho Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):

• A major reason that Gander received so much traffic was partly due to its ability to handle large aircraft, but primarily because Transport Canada and Nav Canada instructed pilots coming from Europe to avoid the airports in major urban centres of Central Canada, like Lester B.
• Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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.
• With the advent of jets with longer range in the 1960s most flights no longer needed to refuel.
• Gander is near the great circle route between cities of the U.S.
• The closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
• The airport's runway 03/21 was also designated as an emergency landing runway for the Space Shuttle.
• The Royal Canadian Navy also established Naval Radio Station Gander at the airfield, using the station as a listening post to detect the transmissions and location of enemy submarines and warships.
• Construction of the airport began in 1936 and it was opened in 1938, with its first landing on January 11 of that year, by Captain Douglas Fraser flying a Fox Moth of Imperial Airways.
• The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.

Facts about Heho Airport (HEH):

• The airport resides at an elevation of 3,858 feet above mean sea level.
• The airport served as an airbase both for the Allies and the Japanese during World War II.
• Heho Airport is an airport serving Heho, a town in Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Burma.
• The furthest airport from Heho Airport (HEH) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,769 miles (18,940 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• Main Entrance of Heho Airport
• The closest airport to Heho Airport (HEH) is Loikaw Airport (LIW), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) SSE of HEH.
• Heho Airport (HEH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Heho Airport", another name for HEH is "ဟဲဟိုးလေဆိပ်".