Nonstop flight route between Jacmel, Haiti and Sembach, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jacmel Airport (JAK), Jacmel, Haiti and Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), Sembach, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,840 miles (or 7,790 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 Jacmel Airport and Sembach KaserneSembach 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 Jacmel Airport and Sembach KaserneSembach 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 Jacmel Airport (JAK):

• Some degradation of the runway was discovered on 29 January 2010, as a result of the heavy use of the airstrip.
• The airport also hosted the local UN MINUSTAH base.
• Jacmel Airport (JAK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Jacmel Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Jacmel 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 Jacmel Airport (JAK) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,927 miles (19,195 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Jacmel Airport (JAK) is Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of JAK.
• After tree and terrain clearings to allow greater runway overshoot areas, Jacmel Airport started accepting heavy-lift C-17 Globemasters from 20 February to facilitate disaster recovery efforts.
• The airport was temporarily placed under the control of the Canadian Forces in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.
• In addition to being known as "Jacmel Airport", another name for JAK is "Aérodrome de Jacmel".

Facts about Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX):

• The 38th Tactical Missile Wing had the distinction of maintaining two separate weapons systems, not once, but twice.
• The furthest airport from Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,992 miles (19,299 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The third and final phase of construction at Sembach Air Base was conducted in the summer of 1954 when the housing area was built.
• The closest airport to Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) is Ramstein Air Base (RMS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of SEX.
• As 1957 progressed USAFE HQ decided to reorganizs its tactical reconnaissance assets.
• In 1939, the German Luftwaffe ordered that the area be reserved for use as a fighter base.
• In April 1951, German surveyors visited the area in the company of French officers.