Nonstop flight route between Alliance, Nebraska, United States and Isla de Culebra, Puerto Rico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA), Alliance, Nebraska, United States and Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX), Isla de Culebra, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,741 miles (or 4,411 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 Alliance Municipal Airport and Benjamín Rivera Noriega 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 Alliance Municipal Airport and Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AIA / KAIA |
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Location: | Alliance, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°3'11"N by 102°48'14"W |
Area Served: | Alliance, Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | City of Alliance |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3931 feet (1,198 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from AIA |
More Information: | AIA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CPX / TJCP |
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Location: | Isla de Culebra, Puerto Rico |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°18'47"N by 65°18'15"W |
Area Served: | Isla de Culebra, Puerto Rico |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 49 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CPX |
More Information: | CPX Maps & Info |
Facts about Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA):
- The closest airport to Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) is Western Nebraska Regional Airport (BFF), which is located 43 miles (68 kilometers) WSW of AIA.
- Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Alliance Municipal Airport", another name for AIA is "(former Alliance Army Airfield)".
- By December 1945 the facility was declared surplus property.
- Alliance AAF was divided into air operations, quartermaster, troop cantonment, and gunnery ranges.
- Today many World War II-era buildings remain in use.
- Western DC-3s started flying to Alliance in the 1940s.
- The furthest airport from Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,697 miles (17,215 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Due to disputes between the U.S.
Facts about Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX):
- After the Navy-Culebra protests, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority started administering the civilian flight operations in Culebra, inaugurating the first passenger terminal in October 24, 1976.
- On July 1, 2011, a Cessna 185 that took off from Benjamin Rivera Noriega airport with a family of five on board, registration number N8436Q, crashed while on its way to Mercedita Airport in Ponce.
- Because of Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Benjamín Rivera Noriega 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 airport of Culebra was originally built as a military airport by the United States Marine Corps, opening in 1957.
- Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX) is Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) SW of CPX.
- Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport covers an area of 15 acres at an elevation of 49 feet above mean sea level.
- A new passenger terminal was inaugurated in 1994, and its name was changed to Benjamín Rivera Noriega, in honor of a pilot from Ciales.
- In addition to being known as "Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport", another name for CPX is "Aeropuerto Benjamín Rivera Noriega".
- The furthest airport from Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (meaning Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,254 miles (19,722 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport handled 75,964 passengers last year.