Nonstop flight route between Erzincan, Turkey and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Erzincan Airport (ERC), Erzincan, Turkey and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,553 miles (or 10,547 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 Erzincan Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, 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 Erzincan Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Erzincan Airport (ERC):

• Erzincan Airport (ERC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Erzincan Airport (ERC) is Elazığ Airport (EZS), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) S of ERC.
• The furthest airport from Erzincan Airport (ERC) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,242 miles (18,093 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):

• Since 2002, the naval base has contained a military prison, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, for alleged unlawful combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places.
• In January 2009, President Obama signed executive orders directing the CIA to shut what remains of its network of "secret" prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year.
• The closing-down of the Guantanamo Prison has been requested by Amnesty International, the United Nations and the European Union.
• During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations.
• 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.
• Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.
• 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.