Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and Dili, East Timor (Timor-Leste):

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL), Dili, East Timor (Timor-Leste) would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,696 miles (or 10,776 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 Presidente Nicolau Lobato 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 RAF Akrotiri and Presidente Nicolau Lobato International 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):

• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• 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.
• The station hosted the main hospital for British Forces Cyprus, The Princess Mary's Hospital, located on Cape Zevgari.
• 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 August 1970 a detachment of "G" of the Central Intelligence Agency arrived at the airfield with U-2 aircraft to monitor the Egypt/Israel Suez Canal fighting and cease fire.
• Akrotiri was first constructed in the mid-1950s to relieve pressure on the main RAF station on the island, RAF Nicosia.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".

Facts about Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL):

• In addition to being known as "Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport", another name for DIL is "Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau Lobato".
• The furthest airport from Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL) is Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), which is nearly antipodal to Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (meaning Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zorg en Hoop Airport), and is located 12,242 miles (19,701 kilometers) away in Paramaribo, Suriname.
• Because of Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Presidente Nicolau Lobato 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.
• Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Until recently, Dili's airport runway has been unable to accommodate aircraft larger than the Boeing 737 or C-130 Hercules, but in January 2008, the Portuguese charter airline EuroAtlantic Airways operated a direct flight from Lisbon using a Boeing 757, carrying 140 members of the Guarda Nacional Republicana.
• The closest airport to Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL) is Baucau Airport (BCH), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) E of DIL.