Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and Kerrville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV), Kerrville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,992 miles (or 11,253 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 Kerrville Municipal 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 Kerrville Municipal 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.
• Royal Air Force Akrotiri or more simply RAF Akrotiri is a large Royal Air Force station, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• The station commander is double-hatted and is also the officer commanding the Akrotiri or Western Sovereign Base Area, reporting to the commander of British Forces Cyprus who is also the Administrator.
• 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 September 1976 the US U-2 operations were turned over to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, but the U-2 operation at RAF Akrotiri continued to be called Operating Location OH until September 1980.
• A sizeable over-the-horizon radar antenna was erected within the base raising concern for the effect on local wildlife and on the health of people living in nearby Limassol.
• The station hosted the main hospital for British Forces Cyprus, The Princess Mary's Hospital, located on Cape Zevgari.

Facts about Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV):

• Trans-Texas DC-3s stopped there until 1959-60.
• Kerrville Municipal Airport covers 528 acres at an elevation of 1,617 feet.
• In the year ending August 5, 2011 the airport had 59,800 general aviation operations, average 163 per day.
• The closest airport to Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) S of ERV.
• The airport opened in February 1943 as Louis Schreiner Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.
• In addition to being known as "Kerrville Municipal Airport", another name for ERV is "Louis Schreiner Field".
• Kerrville Municipal Airport is six miles southeast of Kerrville, in Kerr County, Texas.
• The furthest airport from Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) has 2 runways.