Nonstop flight route between Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire and Cold Bay, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guiglo Airport (GGO), Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire and Cold Bay Airport (CDB), Cold Bay, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,940 miles (or 12,777 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 Guiglo Airport and Cold Bay Airport, 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 Guiglo Airport and Cold Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Guiglo Airport (GGO):

• Guiglo Airport (GGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Guiglo Airport (GGO) is Man Airport (MJC), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) N of GGO.
• Because of Guiglo Airport's relatively low elevation of 722 feet, planes can take off or land at Guiglo 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.
• The furthest airport from Guiglo Airport (GGO) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is nearly antipodal to Guiglo Airport (meaning Guiglo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arorae Island Airport), and is located 12,034 miles (19,367 kilometers) away in Arorae Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Cold Bay Airport (CDB):

• The furthest airport from Cold Bay Airport (CDB) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,968 miles (17,652 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• A myth describes Cold Bay Airport as an alternate landing site for Space Shuttles, but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has stated that it was never so designated, and it was not within the entry crossrange capability of Space Shuttles.
• Between 1956 and 1958, Cold Bay Airport was used as a logistics support base during the construction of Cold Bay Air Force Station, a Ground Control Intercept station for Alaskan Air Command during the Cold War.
• The airfield was named Thornbrough Air Force Base in 1948 for Captain George W.
• In addition to being known as "Cold Bay Airport", other names for CDB include "Cold Bay Air Force Station" and "Fort Randall Army Airfield".
• Cold Bay Airport is a state owned, public use airport located in Cold Bay, a city in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S.
• Cold Bay Airport (CDB) has 2 runways.
• Because of Cold Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 102 feet, planes can take off or land at Cold Bay 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.
• The closest airport to Cold Bay Airport (CDB) is King Cove Airport (KVC), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) ESE of CDB.