Nonstop flight route between Dubois, Idaho, United States and Akrotiri, Cyprus:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS), Dubois, Idaho, United States and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,573 miles (or 10,578 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 Dubois Municipal Airport and RAF Akrotiri, 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 Dubois Municipal Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS):

• Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,731 miles (17,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Dubois Municipal Airport", another name for DBS is "U41".
• Because of Dubois Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,123 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DBS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DBS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS) is Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) S of DBS.

Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• In the mid-1980s, the US launched retaliatory attacks against Libya after the country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was implicated in terrorist attacks against US military bases.
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• In July 2006 RAF Akrotiri played a major role as a transit point for personnel evacuations out of Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
• Akrotiri, along with Nicosia, assumed a very important status, as virtually the sole means for projecting British airpower into the eastern Mediterranean, outside of aircraft carriers.
• Akrotiri was first constructed in the mid-1950s to relieve pressure on the main RAF station on the island, RAF Nicosia.