Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and Oradea, Romania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Oradea Airport (OMR), Oradea, Romania would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,034 miles (or 1,664 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 Oradea 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 addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• The station hosted the main hospital for British Forces Cyprus, The Princess Mary's Hospital, located on Cape Zevgari.
• 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.
• 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.
• After the Suez Crisis, the main emphasis of life on the airfield shifted to helping quell the EOKA revolt and training missions.
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• In March 2011, the station was used as a staging base for support aircraft involved in Operation Ellamy.
• Akrotiri was also the location of the main transmitter of the well known numbers station, the Lincolnshire Poacher, although transmissions ceased in 2008.

Facts about Oradea Airport (OMR):

• Because of Oradea Airport's relatively low elevation of 465 feet, planes can take off or land at Oradea 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.
• Works on the new 2,100 m runway, apron, and two rapid-exit taxiways are expected to begin mid 2014, and be completed until the end of 2015.
• The closest airport to Oradea Airport (OMR) is Debrecen International Airport (DEB), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NNW of OMR.
• The furthest airport from Oradea Airport (OMR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,521 miles (18,542 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Oradea Airport", other names for OMR include "Oradea International Airport" and "Aeroportul Oradea".
• Oradea Transport Local provides a bus service between Oradea International Airport and the city centre of Oradea.
• Oradea Airport (OMR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Oradea Airport handled 39,440 passengers last year.