Nonstop flight route between Barquisimeto, Venezuela and Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM), Barquisimeto, Venezuela and NAS Key West (NQX), Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,290 miles (or 2,077 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 Jacinto Lara International Airport and NAS Key West, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRM / SVBM |
Airport Name: | Jacinto Lara International Airport |
Location: | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°2'34"N by 69°21'30"W |
Operator/Owner: | IADAL |
Airport Type: | General |
Elevation: | 2042 feet (622 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRM |
More Information: | BRM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NQX / KNQX |
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Location: | Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°34'32"N by 81°41'20"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from NQX |
More Information: | NQX Maps & Info |
Facts about Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM):
- The closest airport to Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) is Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of BRM.
- The furthest airport from Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Jacinto Lara International Airport (meaning Jacinto Lara International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,280 miles (19,763 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about NAS Key West (NQX):
- During World War I the base was expanded again, and in 1917, a U.S.
- NAS Key West (NQX) has 3 runways.
- In the late summer of 1994, NAS Key West also served as a primary staging base for Operations SUPPORT DEMOCRACY and UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in Haiti.
- In 1946, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 was established at NAS Key West and for the next three decades conducted airborne antisubmarine warfare systems evaluation out of Boca Chica, while Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 conducted Atlantic Fleet helicopter fleet replacement training in the SH-3 Sea King out of the former seaplane base at Trumbo Point.
- The closest airport to NAS Key West (NQX) is Key West International Airport (EYW), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) WSW of NQX.
- Because of NAS Key West's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Key West 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 1943, German submarines were operating so near Key West that they were sinking allied ships within sight of land.
- The furthest airport from NAS Key West (NQX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,575 miles (18,629 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "NAS Key West", other names for NQX include "Naval Air Station Key West" and "NQX[1]".