Nonstop flight route between Catania, Italy and Tame, Arauca, Colombia:
Departure Airport:
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Arrival Airport:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY), Catania, Italy and Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME), Tame, Arauca, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,766 miles (or 9,280 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 Naval Air Station Sigonella and Gabriel Vargas Santos 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 Naval Air Station Sigonella and Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NSY / LICZ |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Catania, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°24'6"N by 14°55'19"E |
Operator/Owner: | Italian Air Force United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 79 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NSY |
More Information: | NSY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TME / SKTM |
Airport Name: | Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport |
Location: | Tame, Arauca, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°27'3"N by 71°45'34"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1050 feet (320 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TME |
More Information: | TME Maps & Info |
Facts about Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY):
- In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Sigonella", other names for NSY include "Base aerea di Sigonella" and "NAS Sigonella".
- The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,695 miles (18,821 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY) has 2 runways.
- Sigonella's first flood occurred mid-September 1959.
- When there was no room for expansion at Malta, the U.S.
- NAS Sigonella is the Navy's second largest security command, second only to that located at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
- Because of Naval Air Station Sigonella's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station Sigonella 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.
- The closest airport to Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY) is Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) ENE of NSY.
- NAS Sigonella has the best claim to be hub of U.S.
- On the night of 10 October 1985, there were tense hours on NAS II when the Italian Carabinieri, Italian Air Force, and the US Army's Delta Force came close to firing upon one another following the interception by Navy F-14 Tomcat fighters of an Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, which had been commandeered by members of the PLO on 7 October.
Facts about Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME):
- Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME) is Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN), which is nearly antipodal to Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (meaning Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport), and is located 12,407 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Cirebon, Java, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME) is Los Colonizadores Airport (RVE), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NNW of TME.