Nonstop flight route between Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands and Akrotiri, Cyprus:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ebon Airport (EBO), Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,488 miles (or 13,660 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 Ebon 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 Ebon Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EBO / |
Airport Name: | Ebon Airport |
Location: | Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°35'56"N by 168°45'11"E |
Area Served: | Ebon, Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands |
View all routes: | Routes from EBO |
More Information: | EBO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKT / LCRA |
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Location: | Akrotiri, Cyprus |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'26"N by 32°59'16"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from AKT |
More Information: | AKT Maps & Info |
Facts about Ebon Airport (EBO):
- The furthest airport from Ebon Airport (EBO) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Ebon Airport (meaning Ebon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,119 miles (19,504 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- The closest airport to Ebon Airport (EBO) is Kili Airport (KIO), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) NNE of EBO.
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
- 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
- A sizeable over-the-horizon radar antenna was erected within the base raising concern for the effect on local wildlife and on the health of people living in nearby Limassol.
- 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.
- Akrotiri is also the winter training grounds of the RAF display team, the Red Arrows.
- Akrotiri was first constructed in the mid-1950s to relieve pressure on the main RAF station on the island, RAF Nicosia.