Nonstop flight route between Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada and General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Goose Bay (YYR), Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada and Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport (GNR), General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,393 miles (or 10,289 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 Goose Bay and Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia 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 Goose Bay and Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia 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 Goose Bay (YYR):

• On 11 September 2001, CFB Goose Bay hosted seven trans-Atlantic commercial airliners which were diverted to land as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon, following the closure of North American airspace as a result of terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.
• The increased low-level flights by fighter aircraft was not without serious controversy as the Innu Nation protested these operations vociferously, claiming that the noise of aircraft travelling at supersonic speeds in close proximity to the ground was adversely affecting wildlife, namely caribou, and was a nuisance to their way of life on their traditional lands.
• In response to lessons learned from the Vietnam War and the growing sophistication of Soviet anti-aircraft radar and surface-to-air missile technology being deployed in Europe, NATO allies began looking at new doctrines in the 1970s–1980s which mandated low-level flight to evade detection.
• CFB Goose Bay (YYR) has 2 runways.
• Because of CFB Goose Bay's relatively low elevation of 160 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Goose Bay 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 Goose Bay", another name for YYR is "Goose Bay Airport".
• The furthest airport from CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,164 miles (17,967 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Rigolet Airport (YRG), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) NE of YYR.
• Goose Bay was the site of the first US nuclear weapons in Canada, when in 1950 the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command stationed 11 model 1561 Fat Man atomic bombs at the base.
• To provide rescue and range support to the jet aircraft operating from Goose Bay the Canadian Forces provided a Base Rescue Flight consisting of three CH-135 Twin Huey helicopters.
• The base was initially a Royal Canadian Air Force station and later a United States Air Force base known as Goose AFB, housing units of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Defense Command.

Facts about Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport (GNR):

• The furthest airport from Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport (GNR) is Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (TYN), which is nearly antipodal to Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport (meaning Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
• In addition to being known as "Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport", another name for GNR is "Aeropuerto de Gral. Roca Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia".
• The closest airport to Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport (GNR) is Presidente Perón Internacional Airport (NQN), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) W of GNR.
• Because of Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport's relatively low elevation of 853 feet, planes can take off or land at Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia 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.
• Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport (GNR) currently has only 1 runway.