Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Kédougou, Senegal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Kédougou Airport (KGG), Kédougou, Senegal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,183 miles (or 6,732 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 Kédougou 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 Kédougou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):

• During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations.
• 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.
• The Migrant Operations Center on Guantanamo typically keeps fewer than 30 people interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region.
• Notable persons born at the naval base include actor Peter Bergman and American guitarist Isaac Guillory.
• The Guantanamo Bay Coaling and Naval Base employs over 9,500 U.S.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Kédougou Airport (KGG):

• The closest airport to Kédougou Airport (KGG) is Kéniéba Airport (KNZ), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) ENE of KGG.
• Because of Kédougou Airport's relatively low elevation of 584 feet, planes can take off or land at Kédougou 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.
• Kédougou Airport (KGG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kédougou Airport (KGG) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kédougou Airport (meaning Kédougou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,893 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.