Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport (DEA), Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,302 miles (or 13,362 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport, 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DEA / OPDG |
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Location: | Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°57'38"N by 70°29'8"E |
Area Served: | Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan |
Operator/Owner: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 486 feet (148 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DEA |
More Information: | DEA Maps & Info |
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.
- 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.
- Beginning in 2002, a small portion of the base was used to detain several hundred alleged combatants at Camp Delta, Camp Echo, Camp Iguana, and the now-closed Camp X-Ray.
- Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
- The area surrounding Guantanamo bay was originally inhabited by the Taíno people.
- "Cactus Curtain" is a term describing the line separating the naval base from Cuban-controlled territory.
- 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 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.
Facts about Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport (DEA):
- In addition to being known as "Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport", another name for DEA is "ڈیرہ غازی خان بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا".
- The furthest airport from Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport (DEA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport (meaning Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,244 miles (19,704 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 486 feet, planes can take off or land at Dera Ghazi Khan International 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 closest airport to Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport (DEA) is Muhammad Bin Qasim International Airport (MUX), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) ENE of DEA.
- Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport (DEA) currently has only 1 runway.