Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and Kaduna, Nigeria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Kaduna Airport (KAD), Kaduna, Nigeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,310 miles (or 3,718 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 RAF Akrotiri and Kaduna Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• In March 2011, the station was used as a staging base for support aircraft involved in Operation Ellamy.
• 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 closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• The U-2s of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing were used in Operation Cedar Sweep to fly surveillance over Lebanon, relaying information about Hezbollah militants to Lebanese authorities, and in Operation Highland Warrior to fly surveillance over Turkey and northern Iraq to relay information to Turkish authorities.
• Akrotiri has played a crucial role during Britain's recent operations in the Middle East.
• 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 Kaduna Airport (KAD):

• The closest airport to Kaduna Airport (KAD) is Zaria Airport (ZAR), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NE of KAD.
• The furthest airport from Kaduna Airport (KAD) is Asau Airport (AAU), which is nearly antipodal to Kaduna Airport (meaning Kaduna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Asau Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Asau, Samoa.
• Kaduna Airport (KAD) currently has only 1 runway.