Nonstop flight route between Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between El Lencero Airport (JAL), Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,408 miles (or 2,265 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 relatively short distance between El Lencero Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAL / MMJA |
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Location: | Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°28'30"N by 96°47'50"W |
Area Served: | Xalapa |
Operator/Owner: | State government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3127 feet (953 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JAL |
More Information: | JAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NBW / KNBW |
Airport Name: | United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay |
Location: | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°53'59"N by 75°9'0"W |
View all routes: | Routes from NBW |
More Information: | NBW Maps & Info |
Facts about El Lencero Airport (JAL):
- The AFIS UNICOM frequency is 123.3 MHz and is open to all operations from dawn to dusk.
- In 2011, Xalapa received 5,432 passengers, while in 2012 were 5,230 passengers, according to data released by the Direction General of Civil Aeronautics.
- The closest airport to El Lencero Airport (JAL) is General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport (VER), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) ESE of JAL.
- The furthest airport from El Lencero Airport (JAL) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,401 miles (18,348 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "El Lencero Airport", another name for JAL is "Aeropuerto Nacional El Lencero".
- El Lencero Airport (JAL) currently has only 1 runway.
- El Lencero Airport is an airport located at Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- In January 2009, President Obama signed executive orders directing the CIA to shut what remains of its network of "secret" prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year.
- Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
- 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.
- Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.
- 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.
- During the Spanish–American War, the U.S.
- The Migrant Operations Center on Guantanamo typically keeps fewer than 30 people interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region.