Nonstop flight route between Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan, Canada and Pago Pago, American Samoa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Buffalo Narrows Airport (YVT), Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan, Canada and Pago Pago International Airport (PPG), Pago Pago, American Samoa would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,024 miles (or 9,695 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 Buffalo Narrows Airport and Pago Pago 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 Buffalo Narrows Airport and Pago Pago 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 Buffalo Narrows Airport (YVT):

• The furthest airport from Buffalo Narrows Airport (YVT) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 9,974 miles (16,052 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Buffalo Narrows Airport (YVT) is Pinehouse Lake Airport (ZPO), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) ESE of YVT.
• Buffalo Narrows Airport (YVT) has 2 runways.

Facts about Pago Pago International Airport (PPG):

• Tasman Empire Airways Limited, or TEAL, the predecessor to what is now Air New Zealand, offered Douglas DC-6 flights from Nadi to Pago Pago and onwards to Tahiti in 1954 as part of its Coral Route Service.
• The furthest airport from Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) is Zinder Airport (ZND), which is nearly antipodal to Pago Pago International Airport (meaning Pago Pago International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zinder Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Zinder, Niger.
• The closest airport to Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) is Ofu Airport (OFU), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) E of PPG.
• Daily inter-island flights between the Samoas are offered by Inter Island Airways and Polynesian Airlines.
• Because of Pago Pago International Airport's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Pago Pago 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.
• On October 13 and 19, 2009, the world's largest and heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 landed at Pago Pago International Airport to deliver emergency power generation equipment during the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami.
• South Pacific jet services between Sydney, Auckland, Honolulu and Papeete were first offered by Pan American World Airways in 1964 using Boeing 707 aircraft.
• Pago Pago International Airport went through its peak in aviation between 1975 and 1985.
• Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) has 2 runways.