Nonstop flight route between Anaco, Venezuela and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Anaco Airport (AAO), Anaco, Venezuela and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,015 miles (or 1,634 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 relatively short distance between Anaco Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAO / SVAN |
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| Location: | Anaco, Venezuela |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°25'49"N by 64°28'14"W |
| Area Served: | Anaco, Venezuela |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 721 feet (220 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AAO |
| More Information: | AAO 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 Anaco Airport (AAO):
- Anaco Airport (AAO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Anaco Airport (AAO) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SSE of AAO.
- Because of Anaco Airport's relatively low elevation of 721 feet, planes can take off or land at Anaco 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.
- The furthest airport from Anaco Airport (AAO) is Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), which is nearly antipodal to Anaco Airport (meaning Anaco Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA)), and is located 12,384 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
- In addition to being known as "Anaco Airport", another name for AAO is "Aeropuerto de Anaco".
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- 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.
- "Cactus Curtain" is a term describing the line separating the naval base from Cuban-controlled territory.
- 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.
- During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the families of military personnel were evacuated from the base.
