Nonstop flight route between Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines and Akrotiri, Cyprus:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mamburao Airport (MBO), Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,570 miles (or 8,964 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 Mamburao 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 Mamburao Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBO / RPUM |
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Location: | Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°12'29"N by 120°36'19"E |
Area Served: | Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 13 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MBO |
More Information: | MBO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKT / LCRA |
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Location: | Akrotiri, Cyprus |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'26"N by 32°59'16"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from AKT |
More Information: | AKT Maps & Info |
Facts about Mamburao Airport (MBO):
- In addition to being known as "Mamburao Airport", another name for MBO is "Paliparan ng Mamburao".
- The closest airport to Mamburao Airport (MBO) is Lubang Airport (LBX), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NW of MBO.
- Because of Mamburao Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Mamburao 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 Mamburao Airport (MBO) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Mamburao Airport (meaning Mamburao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
- Mamburao Airport (MBO) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
- Up until 1974 RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force of aircraft assigned to it, even including No.
- After the Suez Crisis, the main emphasis of life on the airfield shifted to helping quell the EOKA revolt and training missions.
- Akrotiri was also the location of the main transmitter of the well known numbers station, the Lincolnshire Poacher, although transmissions ceased in 2008.
- In August 2013, six RAF Typhoon Fighters were deployed to Akrotiri to defend the base, following possible military responses to of an alleged Syrian government chemical weapons attack.
- 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.
- Due to the station's relative proximity to the Middle East, it is often used by British allies when needed, such as for casualty reception for Americans after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and as a staging post before heading into theatres of combat in the Middle East/Persian Gulf theaters.
- The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.