Nonstop flight route between Dalbandin, Pakistan and Akrotiri, Cyprus:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dalbandin Airport (DBA), Dalbandin, Pakistan and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,880 miles (or 3,025 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 Dalbandin Airport and RAF Akrotiri, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DBA / OPDB |
Airport Name: | Dalbandin Airport |
Location: | Dalbandin, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°52'30"N by 64°24'15"E |
Area Served: | Dalbandin, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Operator/Owner: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2782 feet (848 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DBA |
More Information: | DBA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKT / LCRA |
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Location: | Akrotiri, Cyprus |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'26"N by 32°59'16"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from AKT |
More Information: | AKT Maps & Info |
Facts about Dalbandin Airport (DBA):
- The closest airport to Dalbandin Airport (DBA) is Panjgur Airport (PJG), which is located 134 miles (215 kilometers) S of DBA.
- The furthest airport from Dalbandin Airport (DBA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Dalbandin Airport (meaning Dalbandin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,042 miles (19,380 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Dalbandin Airport (DBA) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- The attack on Egypt was a military success, despite interference in the plan which reduced its effectiveness.
- Up until 1974 RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force of aircraft assigned to it, even including No.
- A constant problem of airfields located outside the territory of the country whose forces are based there is that of overflight rights.
- The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- Due to the station's relative proximity to the Middle East, it is often used by British allies when needed, such as for casualty reception for Americans after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and as a staging post before heading into theatres of combat in the Middle East/Persian Gulf theaters.
- The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
- Akrotiri, along with Nicosia, assumed a very important status, as virtually the sole means for projecting British airpower into the eastern Mediterranean, outside of aircraft carriers.
- Akrotiri was also the location of the main transmitter of the well known numbers station, the Lincolnshire Poacher, although transmissions ceased in 2008.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
- In August 2013, six RAF Typhoon Fighters were deployed to Akrotiri to defend the base, following possible military responses to of an alleged Syrian government chemical weapons attack.