Nonstop flight route between Long Bawan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Akrotiri, Cyprus:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW), Long Bawan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,651 miles (or 9,095 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 Juvai Semaring Airport and RAF Akrotiri, 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 Juvai Semaring Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW):

• The closest airport to Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW) is Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNW of LBW.
• The furthest airport from Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Juvai Semaring Airport (meaning Juvai Semaring Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
• Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Juvai Semaring Airport", other names for LBW include "Bandar Udara Yuvai Semaring" and "WALB".

Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• The station hosted the main hospital for British Forces Cyprus, The Princess Mary's Hospital, located on Cape Zevgari.
• In July 2006 RAF Akrotiri played a major role as a transit point for personnel evacuations out of Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• Akrotiri, along with Nicosia, assumed a very important status, as virtually the sole means for projecting British airpower into the eastern Mediterranean, outside of aircraft carriers.
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• In September 1976 the US U-2 operations were turned over to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, but the U-2 operation at RAF Akrotiri continued to be called Operating Location OH until September 1980.
• The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.