Nonstop flight route between Cumaná, Venezuela and Glendale, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM), Cumaná, Venezuela and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), Glendale, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,438 miles (or 5,533 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 Antonio José de Sucre Airport and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field, 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 Antonio José de Sucre Airport and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM):

• The closest airport to Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM) is Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (PMV), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NNE of CUM.
• Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is nearly antipodal to Antonio José de Sucre Airport (meaning Antonio José de Sucre Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lombok International Airport), and is located 12,317 miles (19,822 kilometers) away in Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia.
• Because of Antonio José de Sucre Airport's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Antonio José de Sucre 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.

Facts about Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF):

• The furthest airport from Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• For several years, the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project at Sandia Base, New Mexico, had provided all atomic, biological, and chemical warfare training for the Air Force.
• In addition to flying and maintaining the F-16, Luke airmen also deploy to support on-going operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and to combatant commanders in other locations around the world.
• Since June 2012, Luke AFB has been the permanent home of Naval Operational Support Center Phoenix of the US Navy.
• In addition to being known as "Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field", another name for LUF is "Luke AFB".
• Although continually modified during the war years, the course of advanced flight training at Luke averaged about 10 weeks and included both flight training and ground school.
• The closest airport to Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LUF.
• By 7 February 1944, pilots at Luke had achieved a million hours of flying time.