Nonstop flight route between Havana, Cuba and Alluitsup Paa, Greenland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between José Martí International Airport (HAV), Havana, Cuba and Alluitsup Paa Heliport (LLU), Alluitsup Paa, Greenland would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,132 miles (or 5,041 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 José Martí International Airport and Alluitsup Paa Heliport, 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 José Martí International Airport and Alluitsup Paa Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about José Martí International Airport (HAV):

• The closest airport to José Martí International Airport (HAV) is Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport (VRA), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) E of HAV.
• In 2007 three young recruits who deserted from the Cuban army tried to hijack a commercial passenger aircraft aiming to defect to the United States.
• The furthest airport from José Martí International Airport (HAV) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,689 miles (18,811 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Today, Copa Airlines is the foreign airline with most flights to the airport, it operates 34 flights a week from Panama City, Panama, and Bogota, Colombia.
• List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean
• In the 1960s the airport was bombed by B-26 aircraft from Brigade 2506, a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles attempting to liberate Cuba from Fidel Castro.
• Because of José Martí International Airport's relatively low elevation of 210 feet, planes can take off or land at José Martí International 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.
• José Martí International Airport (HAV) currently has only 1 runway.
• On December 31, 1997 a Concorde landed in Cuba for the first time, landing at José Martí Airport.
• The airport is operated by Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos.
• The original name of the airport, Rancho Boyeros, meaning the " Drover Ranch", was in reference to the name of the plains/territory where the airport was being built.
• In addition to being known as "José Martí International Airport", another name for HAV is "Aeropuerto José Martí".

Facts about Alluitsup Paa Heliport (LLU):

• Because of Alluitsup Paa Heliport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Alluitsup Paa Heliport 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 Alluitsup Paa Heliport (LLU) is Ammassivik Heliport (QUW), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NE of LLU.
• The furthest airport from Alluitsup Paa Heliport (LLU) is Hobart International Airport (HBA), which is located 11,102 miles (17,866 kilometers) away in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.