Nonstop flight route between Strezhevoy, Tomsk Oblast, Russia and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from SWT to NBW:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- SWT Airport Information
- NBW Airport Information
- Facts about SWT
- Facts about NBW
- Map of Nearest Airports to SWT
- List of Nearest Airports to SWT
- Map of Furthest Airports from SWT
- List of Furthest Airports from SWT
- Map of Nearest Airports to NBW
- List of Nearest Airports to NBW
- Map of Furthest Airports from NBW
- List of Furthest Airports from NBW
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Strezhevoy (SWT), Strezhevoy, Tomsk Oblast, Russia and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,664 miles (or 10,725 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 Strezhevoy and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, 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 Strezhevoy and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SWT / UNSS |
Airport Name: | Strezhevoy |
Location: | Strezhevoy, Tomsk Oblast, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°42'36"N by 77°39'35"E |
Elevation: | 164 feet (50 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SWT |
More Information: | SWT 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 Strezhevoy (SWT):
- Strezhevoy (SWT) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Strezhevoy (SWT) is Nizhnevartovsk Airport (NJC), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) WNW of SWT.
- The furthest airport from Strezhevoy (SWT) is Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ), which is located 11,150 miles (17,944 kilometers) away in Punta Arenas, Chile.
- Because of Strezhevoy's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Strezhevoy 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):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations.
- 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 Migrant Operations Center on Guantanamo typically keeps fewer than 30 people interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region.