Nonstop flight route between Cat Cay, Bimini Islands, Bahamas and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cat Cay Airport (CXY), Cat Cay, Bimini Islands, Bahamas and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 471 miles (or 758 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 Cat Cay Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CXY / MYCC |
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Location: | Cat Cay, Bimini Islands, Bahamas |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°33'19"N by 79°16'33"W |
Area Served: | Cat Cay |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CXY |
More Information: | CXY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NBW / KNBW |
Airport Name: | United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay |
Location: | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°53'59"N by 75°9'0"W |
View all routes: | Routes from NBW |
More Information: | NBW Maps & Info |
Facts about Cat Cay Airport (CXY):
- The furthest airport from Cat Cay Airport (CXY) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,637 miles (18,727 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Cat Cay Airport", another name for CXY is "Cat Cay Airport (Cat Cay)".
- The closest airport to Cat Cay Airport (CXY) is South Bimini Airport (BIM), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) N of CXY.
- Because of Cat Cay Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Cat Cay 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.
- Cat Cay Airport (CXY) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- The Migrant Operations Center on Guantanamo typically keeps fewer than 30 people interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region.
- Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
- The furthest airport from United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,820 miles (19,022 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- In 1903, Cuba signed a treaty that leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States for use as a Naval Station, with the understanding that this would reduce the military footprint of the U.S.
- The closest airport to United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW) is Mariana Grajales Airport (GAO), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) N of NBW.
- In 2005, the Navy completed a $12 million wind project erecting four wind turbines capable of supplying about a quarter of the base's peak power needs, reducing diesel fuel usage and pollution from the existing diesel generators, while saving $1.2 million in annual energy costs.