Nonstop flight route between Cherbourg, France and Cuamba, Mozambique:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER), Cherbourg, France and Cuamba Airport (FXO), Cuamba, Mozambique would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,019 miles (or 8,078 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 Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport and Cuamba 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 Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport and Cuamba Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER):

• Planes began taking off and landing despite the fact that stacked along the main runway was a pile of bombs, live shells, duds, and 600 mines lifted from the airfield.
• The furthest airport from Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,973 miles (19,269 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport", other names for CER include "Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus" and "(Advanced Landing Ground A-15)".
• The fighter planes flew support missions during the Allied invasion of Normandy, patrolling roads in front of the beachhead.
• Because of Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport's relatively low elevation of 459 feet, planes can take off or land at Cherbourg - Maupertus 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 Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER) is Alderney Airport (ACI), which is located 33 miles (54 kilometers) W of CER.
• The enemy, however, continued to offer determined resistance and not until the following day was the airfield finally taken.
• In the 1950s, a modern concrete jet runway for NATO aircraft was laid down by the United States using French contractors, along with a circular marguerite system of dispersal hardstands that could be revetted later with earth for added protection.
• After the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies, the airfield was used as a resupply and casualty evacuation airfield for several months, before being closed on 22 December 1944.
• The airport was used as a Luftwaffe airdrome during the German occupation of France.
• Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport (CER) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Cuamba Airport (FXO):

• The closest airport to Cuamba Airport (FXO) is Club Makokola Airport (CMK), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) WNW of FXO.
• The furthest airport from Cuamba Airport (FXO) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,602 miles (18,671 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
• In addition to being known as "Cuamba Airport", another name for FXO is "Cuamba".
• Cuamba Airport (FXO) currently has only 1 runway.