Nonstop flight route between Kayseri Province, Turkey and Akrotiri, Cyprus:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR), Kayseri Province, Turkey and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 320 miles (or 516 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 Kayseri Erkilet Airport and RAF Akrotiri, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR):

• The furthest airport from Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,237 miles (18,085 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kayseri Erkilet Airport", another name for ASR is "Kayseri Erkilet Havalimanı".
• The airport is able to accommodate jets the size of the Boeing 747.
• The closest airport to Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR) is Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) W of ASR.

Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• 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.
• 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.
• A constant problem of airfields located outside the territory of the country whose forces are based there is that of overflight rights.
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• Up until 1974 RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force of aircraft assigned to it, even including No.
• Akrotiri was first constructed in the mid-1950s to relieve pressure on the main RAF station on the island, RAF Nicosia.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".