Nonstop flight route between Comiso, Italy and Orán, Salta Province, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Comiso Airport (CIY), Comiso, Italy and Orán Airport (ORA), Orán, Salta Province, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,598 miles (or 10,618 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 Comiso Airport and Orán 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 Comiso Airport and Orán Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Comiso Airport (CIY):

• During the summer of 1983, three large anti-nuclear demonstrations, largely funded by the Communist Party, were conducted around the base perimeter, with as many as 5,000 protesters at the events in late July, August and September.
• The furthest airport from Comiso Airport (CIY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,689 miles (18,812 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• From 1983 to 1991 Comiso Air Base was the largest NATO base in southern Europe and housed 112 BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missiles,.
• In addition to being known as "Comiso Airport", another name for CIY is "Aeroporto di Comiso".
• Because of Comiso Airport's relatively low elevation of 620 feet, planes can take off or land at Comiso 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.
• In the late 1990s, Comiso was used for the Rainbow Mission, to house 5,000 Kosovars during the war in former Yugoslavia.
• The airfield remained under Allied control until American forces left in early 1945.
• Comiso Airport (CIY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Comiso Airport (CIY) is Naval Air Station Sigonella (NSY), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNE of CIY.

Facts about Orán Airport (ORA):

• The furthest airport from Orán Airport (ORA) is Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (SWA), which is nearly antipodal to Orán Airport (meaning Orán Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,919 kilometers) away in Jieyang / Shantou / Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
• Orán Airport (ORA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Orán Airport (ORA) is Bermejo Airport (BJO), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) N of ORA.