Nonstop flight route between Cutral Có, Neuquén, Argentina and Jacksonville, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cutral Có Airport (CUT), Cutral Có, Neuquén, Argentina and NAS Jacksonville (NIP), Jacksonville, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,846 miles (or 7,799 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 Cutral Có Airport and NAS Jacksonville, 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 Cutral Có Airport and NAS Jacksonville. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cutral Có Airport (CUT):

• The closest airport to Cutral Có Airport (CUT) is Zapala Airport (APZ), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) W of CUT.
• Cutral Có Airport (CUT) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Cutral Có Airport (CUT) is Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), which is nearly antipodal to Cutral Có Airport (meaning Cutral Có Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ordos Ejin Horo Airport), and is located 12,376 miles (19,918 kilometers) away in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
• Because of Cutral Có Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Cutral Có 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 addition to being known as "Cutral Có Airport", another name for CUT is "Aeropuerto de Cutral Có".

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 1963 M-114 became a joint-use facility with the Federal Aviation Administration.
• NAS Jacksonville (NIP) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• NAS Jacksonville is also an Aviation Maintenance training facility for several aviation ratings, facilitated by Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Jacksonville.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "NAS Jacksonville", another name for NIP is "Towers Field".
• 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.
• 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.