Nonstop flight route between Casablanca, Morocco and Cape Yakataga, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), Casablanca, Morocco and Yakataga Airport (CYT), Cape Yakataga, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,491 miles (or 8,837 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 Mohammed V International Airport and Yakataga 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 Mohammed V International Airport and Yakataga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mohammed V International Airport (CMN):

• The closest airport to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) is Casablanca–Anfa Airport (CAS), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NNW of CMN.
• The airport serves as hub for Morocco's flag carrier Royal Air Maroc, Jetairfly, Air Arabia Maroc and RAM Express.
• Mohammed V International Airport handled 7,245,508 passengers last year.
• Because of Mohammed V International Airport's relatively low elevation of 656 feet, planes can take off or land at Mohammed V International 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 furthest airport from Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) is Kaitaia Airport (KAT), which is nearly antipodal to Mohammed V International Airport (meaning Mohammed V International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kaitaia Airport), and is located 12,309 miles (19,809 kilometers) away in Kaitaia, New Zealand.
• Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) has 2 runways.
• With the destabilisation of French government in Morocco, and Moroccan independence in 1956, the government of Mohammed V wanted the US Air Force to pull out of the SAC bases in Morocco, insisting on such action after American intervention in Lebanon in 1958.
• In addition to being known as "Mohammed V International Airport", other names for CMN include "Aéroport international Mohammed V" and "مطار محمد الخامس الدولي".

Facts about Yakataga Airport (CYT):

• The furthest airport from Yakataga Airport (CYT) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,555 miles (16,987 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Yakataga Airport (CYT) is Icy Bay Airport (ICY), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ESE of CYT.
• Yakataga Airport covers an area of 1,115 acres at an elevation of 12 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Yakataga Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Yakataga 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.
• Yakataga Airport (CYT) currently has only 1 runway.