Nonstop flight route between Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada and Maryborough, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Greenwood (YZX), Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada and Maryborough Airport (MBH), Maryborough, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,956 miles (or 16,023 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 Maryborough 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 Maryborough 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):

• In addition to being known as "CFB Greenwood", another name for YZX is "Greenwood Airport".
• CFB Greenwood (YZX) has 2 runways.
• Today CFB Greenwood remains Canada's largest operational air force base on the Atlantic coast, based on numbers of aircraft and personnel.
• 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.
• The closest airport to CFB Greenwood (YZX) is Digby/Annapolis Regional Airport (YDG), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SW of YZX.
• That year saw many decisions aimed at reducing duplication among the services, with various units being reorganized, moved, or disbanded.
• Between the fall of 1945 and March 31, 1946, RCAF Station Greenwood maintained a nominal training complement of personnel and aircraft.
• 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.
• By October 29, 1947, 100-150 airmen and officers, 2 PBY Canso, 1 Noorduyn Norseman, and 1 Sikorsky S-51 helicopter.
• The relatively fog-free climate of the farming hamlet of Greenwood was selected by the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force for an airfield as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, following the signing of that formal agreement on December 17, 1939.

Facts about Maryborough Airport (MBH):

• The furthest airport from Maryborough Airport (MBH) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,846 miles (19,064 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Because of Maryborough Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Maryborough 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.
• The closest airport to Maryborough Airport (MBH) is Hervey Bay Airport (HVB), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NE of MBH.
• Maryborough Airport (MBH) has 2 runways.