Nonstop flight route between Havana, Cuba and Seongnam, South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between José Martí International Airport (HAV), Havana, Cuba and Seoul Air Base (SSN), Seongnam, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,841 miles (or 12,619 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 Seoul Air Base, 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 Seoul Air Base. 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):

• 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.
• Domestic Terminal 1 used to be the main international and domestic terminal building in the airport prior of the opening of terminal 2 and 3-which was constructed in 1998.
• 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.
• 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.
• José Martí International Airport (HAV) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• In 1988 Terminal 2 was constructed in anticipation of future charter flights to the United States.
• 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 Cuba's relationship with the Soviet Union, the airport during the 1970s and 1980s enjoyed the presence of many Eastern Bloc airline companies, such as Aeroflot, Czecho-Slovak Airlines, Interflug and LOT Polish Airlines.
• To give a progressive environment to the airport the old ranch homes were transformed into a small town/village that would serve as an industrial, livestock, agriculture and commercial centre, rising comfortable homes, an industrial technical school, a paint factory and other facilities.
• In addition to being known as "José Martí International Airport", another name for HAV is "Aeropuerto José Martí".
• 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.

Facts about Seoul Air Base (SSN):

• Seoul Air Base (SSN) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Seoul Air Base (SSN) is Gimpo International Airport (GMP), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) WNW of SSN.
• In addition to being known as "Seoul Air Base", another name for SSN is "서울공항".
• The base is used as a VIP airfield by the President of South Korea and other VIPs and heads of state.
• Because of Seoul Air Base's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Seoul Air Base 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 Seoul Air Base (SSN) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Seoul Air Base (meaning Seoul Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,665 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.