Nonstop flight route between Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico and Casablanca, Morocco:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN), Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico and Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), Casablanca, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,736 miles (or 9,231 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 Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport and Mohammed V International 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 Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport and Mohammed V International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UPN / MMPN |
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Location: | Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°23'48"N by 102°2'21"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5258 feet (1,603 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from UPN |
More Information: | UPN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CMN / GMMN |
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Location: | Casablanca, Morocco |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°22'1"N by 7°35'22"W |
Area Served: | Casablanca, Morocco |
Operator/Owner: | ONDA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 656 feet (200 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CMN |
More Information: | CMN Maps & Info |
Facts about Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN):
- In addition to being known as "Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport", another name for UPN is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Uruapan".
- Because of Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport's high elevation of 5,258 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UPN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UPN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,486 miles (18,485 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Lic. y Gen. Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport (UPN) is General Francisco Mujica International Airport (MLM), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) ENE of UPN.
Facts about Mohammed V International Airport (CMN):
- Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) is Casablanca–Anfa Airport (CAS), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NNW of CMN.
- The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was originally built by the United States in early 1943 during World War II as an auxiliary airfield for Casablanca's Anfa Airport and was named Berrechid Airfield.
- With the destabilisation of French government in Morocco, and Moroccan independence in 1956, the government of Mohammed V wanted the US Air Force to pull out of the SAC bases in Morocco, insisting on such action after American intervention in Lebanon in 1958.
- In addition to being known as "Mohammed V International Airport", other names for CMN include "Aéroport international Mohammed V" and "مطار محمد الخامس الدولي".
- During the Cold War of the early and middle 1950s, the airfield was reopened as Nouasseur Air Base and was used as a United States Air Force Strategic Air Command staging area for B-47 Stratojet bombers pointed at the Soviet Union.
- The furthest airport from Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) is Kaitaia Airport (KAT), which is nearly antipodal to Mohammed V International Airport (meaning Mohammed V International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kaitaia Airport), and is located 12,309 miles (19,809 kilometers) away in Kaitaia, New Zealand.
- Mohammed V is one of the six airports in Morocco where ONDA offers its special VIP service Salon Convives de Marque.
- Mohammed V International Airport handled 7,245,508 passengers last year.
- As part of the development of the airport, and since Casablanca is one of the main trading and industrial cities in the southern Mediterranean, the cargo operations will expand in the next few years.
- Because of Mohammed V International Airport's relatively low elevation of 656 feet, planes can take off or land at Mohammed V International 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.