Nonstop flight route between Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada and Kermanshah, Iran:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Greenwood (YZX), Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada and Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport (KSH), Kermanshah, Iran would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,504 miles (or 8,859 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 Greenwood and Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani 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 Greenwood and Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani 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 Greenwood (YZX):

• The 1989 federal budget cuts to the Department of National Defence identified CFB Summerside as a candidate for base closure.
• That year saw many decisions aimed at reducing duplication among the services, with various units being reorganized, moved, or disbanded.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Greenwood", another name for YZX is "Greenwood Airport".
• CFB Greenwood (YZX) has 2 runways.
• By October 29, 1947, 100-150 airmen and officers, 2 PBY Canso, 1 Noorduyn Norseman, and 1 Sikorsky S-51 helicopter.
• The closest airport to CFB Greenwood (YZX) is Digby/Annapolis Regional Airport (YDG), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SW of YZX.
• Because of CFB Greenwood's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at CFB Greenwood 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 airfield for RAF Station Greenwood was constructed between 1940 and 1942 with the first training units arriving as part of No.
• The furthest airport from CFB Greenwood (YZX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,728 miles (18,875 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• By the mid-1970s, 6 of Greenwood's 18 Argus aircraft were mothballed and 242 personnel cut from all ranks.
• On July 1, 1944, RAF Station Greenwood transitioned to the RCAF, becoming RCAF Station Greenwood with No.

Facts about Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport (KSH):

• Because of Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport's high elevation of 4,301 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KSH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KSH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport (KSH) is Hamadan Airport (HDM), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) ENE of KSH.
• The furthest airport from Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport (KSH) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,649 miles (18,747 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport (KSH) currently has only 1 runway.