Nonstop flight route between Elba, Italy and Akrotiri, Cyprus:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Marina di Campo Airport (EBA), Elba, Italy and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,345 miles (or 2,165 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 Marina di Campo 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: | EBA / LIRJ |
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Location: | Elba, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°45'37"N by 10°14'21"E |
Area Served: | Marina di Campo |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 31 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EBA |
More Information: | EBA 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 Marina di Campo Airport (EBA):
- The closest airport to Marina di Campo Airport (EBA) is Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) WSW of EBA.
- The furthest airport from Marina di Campo Airport (EBA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Marina di Campo Airport (meaning Marina di Campo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,092 miles (19,461 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Marina di Campo Airport (EBA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Marina di Campo Airport", another name for EBA is "Aeroporto di Marina di Campo".
- Because of Marina di Campo Airport's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Marina di Campo 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.
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
- 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.
- Akrotiri is also the winter training grounds of the RAF display team, the Red Arrows.
- 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.
- In September 1976 the US U-2 operations were turned over to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, but the U-2 operation at RAF Akrotiri continued to be called Operating Location OH until September 1980.
- 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.
- In the mid-1980s, the US launched retaliatory attacks against Libya after the country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was implicated in terrorist attacks against US military bases.