Nonstop flight route between Guasdualito, Venezuela and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guasdualito Airport (GDO), Guasdualito, Venezuela and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 925 miles (or 1,488 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 Guasdualito Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GDO / SVGD |
Airport Name: | Guasdualito Airport |
Location: | Guasdualito, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°12'39"N by 70°45'23"W |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 426 feet (130 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GDO |
More Information: | GDO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NBW / KNBW |
Airport Name: | United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay |
Location: | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°53'59"N by 75°9'0"W |
View all routes: | Routes from NBW |
More Information: | NBW Maps & Info |
Facts about Guasdualito Airport (GDO):
- The furthest airport from Guasdualito Airport (GDO) is Purwokerto / Wirasaba Airport (PWL), which is nearly antipodal to Guasdualito Airport (meaning Guasdualito Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Purwokerto / Wirasaba Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Wirasaba, Central Java, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Guasdualito Airport (GDO) is Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (AUC), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) S of GDO.
- Guasdualito Airport (GDO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Guasdualito Airport's relatively low elevation of 426 feet, planes can take off or land at Guasdualito 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- Windward Point contains most of the activities on the Naval Station.
- Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.
- Notable persons born at the naval base include actor Peter Bergman and American guitarist Isaac Guillory.
- In 2005, the Navy completed a $12 million wind project erecting four wind turbines capable of supplying about a quarter of the base's peak power needs, reducing diesel fuel usage and pollution from the existing diesel generators, while saving $1.2 million in annual energy costs.
- The furthest airport from United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,820 miles (19,022 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW) is Mariana Grajales Airport (GAO), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) N of NBW.
- In 1903, Cuba signed a treaty that leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States for use as a Naval Station, with the understanding that this would reduce the military footprint of the U.S.
- In the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas.
- Since 2002, the naval base has contained a military prison, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, for alleged unlawful combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places.
- Since 1939, the base's water had been supplied by pipelines that drew water from the Yateras River about 4.5 miles northeast of the base.