Nonstop flight route between Cabimas, Venezuela and Jacksonville, Florida, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from CBS to NIP:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- CBS Airport Information
- NIP Airport Information
- Facts about CBS
- Facts about NIP
- Map of Nearest Airports to CBS
- List of Nearest Airports to CBS
- Map of Furthest Airports from CBS
- List of Furthest Airports from CBS
- Map of Nearest Airports to NIP
- List of Nearest Airports to NIP
- Map of Furthest Airports from NIP
- List of Furthest Airports from NIP
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Oro Negro Airport (CBS), Cabimas, Venezuela and NAS Jacksonville (NIP), Jacksonville, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,528 miles (or 2,460 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 Oro Negro Airport and NAS Jacksonville, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBS / SVON |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Cabimas, Venezuela |
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°19'48"N by 71°19'21"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 164 feet (50 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CBS |
| More Information: | CBS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NIP / KNIP |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°14'8"N by 81°40'50"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
| Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
| Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NIP |
| More Information: | NIP Maps & Info |
Facts about Oro Negro Airport (CBS):
- Because of Oro Negro Airport's relatively low elevation of 164 feet, planes can take off or land at Oro Negro 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.
- The closest airport to Oro Negro Airport (CBS) is La Chinita International Airport (MAR), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) WNW of CBS.
- The furthest airport from Oro Negro Airport (CBS) is Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), which is nearly antipodal to Oro Negro Airport (meaning Oro Negro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tunggul Wulung Airport), and is located 12,249 miles (19,712 kilometers) away in Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia.
- In addition to being known as "Oro Negro Airport", another name for CBS is "Aeropuerto Oro Negro".
- Oro Negro Airport (CBS) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about NAS Jacksonville (NIP):
- In March 1959, Marine Attack Squadron ONE FOUR TWO of the Marine Corps Reserve relocated to NAS Jacksonville from the closing MCAS Miami, along with the associated Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment.
- In addition to being known as "NAS Jacksonville", another name for NIP is "Towers Field".
- The closest airport to NAS Jacksonville (NIP) is Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (CRG), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NE of NIP.
- Because of NAS Jacksonville's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Jacksonville 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.
- More than 700 buildings sprung to life on the base before V-J Day, including an 80-acre hospital and a prisoner-of-war compound which housed more than 1,500 German prisoners of war.
- In 1970, a major reorganization of the Naval Reserve resulted in three separate Naval Air Reserve flying squadrons, identical to their active duty Regular Navy counterparts, being activated at NAS Jacksonville.
- Today, 23,000 civilian and active-duty personnel are employed on the base.
- The furthest airport from NAS Jacksonville (NIP) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,460 miles (18,444 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- NAS Jacksonville (NIP) has 2 runways.
- Prior to the commissioning, on September 7, Commander Jimmy Grant became the first pilot to land on the still unfinished runway in his N3N-3 biplane.
