Nonstop flight route between Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada and Presque Isle, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Greenwood (YZX), Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada and Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (PQI), Presque Isle, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 191 miles (or 308 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 relatively short distance between CFB Greenwood and Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about CFB Greenwood (YZX):

• 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 end of 1942, the BCATP program was changing across Canada in light of Allied successes in Europe.
• The base was experiencing a crowding problem, thus the 2 OTU was moved to RCAF Station Summerside in Prince Edward Island effective November 14, 1953.
• On February 1, 1968 the RCN, RCAF and Canadian Army were unified into the Canadian Forces.
• CFB Greenwood (YZX) has 2 runways.
• The Cold War was in its infancy during the late 1940s when Canada signed the North Atlantic Treaty with the western war-time Allies, becoming part of NATO.
• The closest airport to CFB Greenwood (YZX) is Digby/Annapolis Regional Airport (YDG), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) SW of YZX.
• The 1989 federal budget cuts to the Department of National Defence identified CFB Summerside as a candidate for base closure.
• In addition to being known as "CFB Greenwood", another name for YZX is "Greenwood Airport".
• 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 first CP-107 Argus arrived at RCAF Station Greenwood on May 1, 1958.

Facts about Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (PQI):

• Because of Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle's relatively low elevation of 534 feet, planes can take off or land at Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle 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 Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (PQI) is Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) N of PQI.
• When the United States Air Force closed Presque Isle Air Force Base in 1961, the former Air Force Base was redeveloped.
• Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (PQI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (PQI) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,570 miles (18,620 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• During World War II, the federal government appropriated the airport, establishing an air base for planes bound to and from Great Britain.