Nonstop flight route between Cuenca, Ecuador and Homestead, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE), Cuenca, Ecuador and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,963 miles (or 3,159 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 Mariscal Lamar International Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CUE / SECU |
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Location: | Cuenca, Ecuador |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°53'21"S by 78°59'3"W |
Area Served: | Cuenca, Ecuador |
Operator/Owner: | Corporación Aeroportuaria de Cuenca |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8306 feet (2,532 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CUE |
More Information: | CUE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HST / KHST |
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Location: | Homestead, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°29'17"N by 80°23'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States |
View all routes: | Routes from HST |
More Information: | HST Maps & Info |
Facts about Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE):
- In addition to being known as "Mariscal Lamar International Airport", another name for CUE is "Aeropuerto Mariscal Lamar".
- Because of Mariscal Lamar International Airport's high elevation of 8,306 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CUE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CUE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) is Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB), which is nearly antipodal to Mariscal Lamar International Airport (meaning Mariscal Lamar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Subang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia.
- The closest airport to Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) NE of CUE.
- Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):
- The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
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- In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
- In the early 1950s, as the Korean War was winding down, defense officials once again looked toward Homestead with an eye at making the site a key player in continental defense.
- Within a year, the 19th Bomb Wing was transferred to Homestead on 1 June 1956 from Pinecastle AFB, Florida.
- The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
- Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Army Air Forces officials decided the site would better serve defense needs as a maintenance stopover point for aircraft being ferried to the Caribbean and North Africa.