Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and Cabinda, Angola:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Cabinda Airport (CAB), Cabinda, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,090 miles (or 4,973 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 RAF Akrotiri and Cabinda 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 RAF Akrotiri and Cabinda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• Even this massive influx from Egypt was not the end.
• In July 2006 RAF Akrotiri played a major role as a transit point for personnel evacuations out of Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
• Royal Air Force Akrotiri or more simply RAF Akrotiri is a large Royal Air Force station, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
• In March 2011, the station was used as a staging base for support aircraft involved in Operation Ellamy.
• Due to the station's relative proximity to the Middle East, it is often used by British allies when needed, such as for casualty reception for Americans after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and as a staging post before heading into theatres of combat in the Middle East/Persian Gulf theaters.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• Up until 1974 RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force of aircraft assigned to it, even including No.
• The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Akrotiri, along with Nicosia, assumed a very important status, as virtually the sole means for projecting British airpower into the eastern Mediterranean, outside of aircraft carriers.

Facts about Cabinda Airport (CAB):

• The furthest airport from Cabinda Airport (CAB) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Cabinda Airport (CAB) is Muanda Airport (Moanda Airport) (MNB), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) SSE of CAB.
• In addition to being known as "Cabinda Airport", other names for CAB include "Aeroporto de Cabinda (Cabinda)" and "Aeroporto de Cabinda".
• Cabinda Airport (CAB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cabinda Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Cabinda 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.