Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Midland, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Midland International AirportMidland Army Airfield (MAF), Midland, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,868 miles (or 3,007 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Midland International AirportMidland Army Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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

• During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the families of military personnel were evacuated from the base.
• 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.
• Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on 45 square miles of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which the United States leased for use as a coaling and naval station in the Cuban–American Treaty of 1903.
• On 10 June 2006, the Department of Defense reported that three Guantanamo Bay detainees committed suicide.
• Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.
• Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.

Facts about Midland International AirportMidland Army Airfield (MAF):

• The terminal building looked tired, and airport officials began planning for a replacement.
• The furthest airport from Midland International AirportMidland Army Airfield (MAF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,209 miles (18,038 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Midland International AirportMidland Army Airfield (MAF) has 4 runways.
• Midland Army Air Field was home to the Army Air Forces Bombardier School, one of a dozen bombardier-training schools.
• The closest airport to Midland International AirportMidland Army Airfield (MAF) is Midland Airpark (MDD), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NE of MAF.
• Prominent businessmen in Midland could foresee the possibility of a military base in West Texas and in 1940 they started promoting the airport for use as a training base to the military establishment in Washington.
• Midland International Airport started as Sloan Field, a small airport started in 1927 by Samuel Addison Sloan.