Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and Moultrie, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Moultrie Municipal Airport (MGR), Moultrie, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,316 miles (or 10,165 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 Moultrie 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 Moultrie 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):

• In August 2013, six RAF Typhoon Fighters were deployed to Akrotiri to defend the base, following possible military responses to of an alleged Syrian government chemical weapons attack.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• Akrotiri was also the location of the main transmitter of the well known numbers station, the Lincolnshire Poacher, although transmissions ceased in 2008.
• Akrotiri is also the winter training grounds of the RAF display team, the Red Arrows.
• 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.

Facts about Moultrie Municipal Airport (MGR):

• Moultrie Airport was built sometime before World War II.
• Moultrie Municipal Airport (MGR) has 2 runways.
• Because of Moultrie Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 294 feet, planes can take off or land at Moultrie Municipal 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.
• For the 12-month period ending August 11, 2010, the airport had 15,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 42 per day.
• The closest airport to Moultrie Municipal Airport (MGR) is Spence Airport (MUL), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of MGR.
• The furthest airport from Moultrie Municipal Airport (MGR) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,326 miles (18,227 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.