Nonstop flight route between Hof, Bavaria, Germany and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ), Hof, Bavaria, Germany and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,040 miles (or 8,112 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 Hof–Plauen 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 Hof–Plauen 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!

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Facts about Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ):

• Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Hof–Plauen Airport", other names for HOQ include "Flughafen Hof–Plauen" and "Hof–Plauen Airport".
• The closest airport to Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) is Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) SSW of HOQ.
• The furthest airport from Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,843 miles (19,059 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

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

• Notable persons born at the naval base include actor Peter Bergman and American guitarist Isaac Guillory.
• During the Spanish–American War, the U.S.
• 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.
• The closing-down of the Guantanamo Prison has been requested by Amnesty International, the United Nations and the European Union.
• Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
• During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the families of military personnel were evacuated from the base.
• 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.
• In 2005, the Navy completed a $12 million wind project erecting four wind turbines capable of supplying about a quarter of the base's peak power needs, reducing diesel fuel usage and pollution from the existing diesel generators, while saving $1.2 million in annual energy costs.