Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Lalmonirhat Airport (LLJ), Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,379 miles (or 5,439 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 Lalmonirhat 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 Lalmonirhat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKT / LCRA |
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| Location: | Akrotiri, Cyprus |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'26"N by 32°59'16"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| View all routes: | Routes from AKT |
| More Information: | AKT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LLJ / VGLM |
| Airport Name: | Lalmonirhat Airport |
| Location: | Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh |
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°53'14"N by 89°25'59"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from LLJ |
| More Information: | LLJ Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- In the mid-1980s, the US launched retaliatory attacks against Libya after the country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was implicated in terrorist attacks against US military bases.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Lalmonirhat Airport (LLJ):
- The furthest airport from Lalmonirhat Airport (LLJ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,269 miles (18,136 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- BAF sources of a newspaper said that the airport is suitable for safe touchdown and takeoff of helicopters and small planes.
- Although the airport resumed its operation on a small scale in 1958, it was stopped again in 1968 for lack of adequate passengers.
- The closest airport to Lalmonirhat Airport (LLJ) is Saidpur Airport (SPD), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of LLJ.
- Lalmonirhat Airport is located near Lalmonirhat, at the north side border of Bangladesh.
