Nonstop flight route between Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada and Panama City, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Goose Bay (YYR), Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada and Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), Panama City, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,244 miles (or 5,221 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 Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" 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 Goose Bay and Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" 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 Goose Bay (YYR):

• In 2004 the RAF announced its intent to close the permanent RAF detachment, effective 31 March 2005.
• In 1988, the Pinetree Line radar site at CFB Goose Bay was closed.
• CFB Goose Bay (YYR) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to CFB Goose Bay (YYR) is Rigolet Airport (YRG), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) NE of YYR.
• 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.
• Labradorian politicians such as former Liberal Senator Bill Rompkey have advocated using CFB Goose Bay as a site for a missile defense radar system being developed by the United States Department of Defense.
• 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.
• 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 addition to being known as "CFB Goose Bay", another name for YYR is "Goose Bay Airport".
• 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 Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC):

• Because of Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" 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.
• Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport handled 289,197 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (meaning Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,106 miles (19,482 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) is Tocumen International Airport (PTY), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) ENE of PAC.
• Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport", another name for PAC is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert"".