Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Sebba, Burkina Faso:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Sebba Airport (XSE), Sebba, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,988 miles (or 8,028 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 Sebba 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 Sebba Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XSE / DFES |
Airport Name: | Sebba Airport |
Location: | Sebba, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°27'24"N by 0°30'11"E |
Area Served: | Sebba, Yagha Province, Sahel Region, Burkina Faso |
Elevation: | 886 feet (270 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from XSE |
More Information: | XSE Maps & Info |
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- The Migrant Operations Center on Guantanamo typically keeps fewer than 30 people interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region.
- 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.
- Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
- Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.
- 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.
- In January 2009, President Obama signed executive orders directing the CIA to shut what remains of its network of "secret" prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year.
- 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.
Facts about Sebba Airport (XSE):
- The furthest airport from Sebba Airport (XSE) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is nearly antipodal to Sebba Airport (meaning Sebba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
- The closest airport to Sebba Airport (XSE) is Dori Airport (DOR), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) NW of XSE.
- Because of Sebba Airport's relatively low elevation of 886 feet, planes can take off or land at Sebba 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.