Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Bora Bora, French Polynesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Bora Bora Airport (BOB), Bora Bora, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,772 miles (or 9,289 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Bora Bora 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Bora Bora Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):

• 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.
• The Guantanamo Bay Coaling and Naval Base employs over 9,500 U.S.
• 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.
• Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.
• 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.
• Beginning in 2002, a small portion of the base was used to detain several hundred alleged combatants at Camp Delta, Camp Echo, Camp Iguana, and the now-closed Camp X-Ray.

Facts about Bora Bora Airport (BOB):

• The furthest airport from Bora Bora Airport (BOB) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Bora Bora Airport (meaning Bora Bora Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
• In addition to being known as "Bora Bora Airport", another name for BOB is "Aéroport de Bora Bora".
• Bora Bora Airport handled 254,967 passengers last year.
• Bora Bora Airport (BOB) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Bora Bora Airport (BOB) is Maupiti Airport (MAU), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) W of BOB.
• Because of Bora Bora Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Bora Bora 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.