Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Reynosa, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and General Lucio Blanco International Airport (REX), Reynosa, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,525 miles (or 2,455 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 General Lucio Blanco International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

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

• Since 2002, the naval base has contained a military prison, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, for alleged unlawful combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places.
• 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.
• During the Spanish–American War, the U.S.
• President Barack Obama said he intends to close the detention camp, and plans to bring detainees to the United States to stand trial by the end of his first term in office.
• During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the families of military personnel were evacuated from the base.
• "Cactus Curtain" is a term describing the line separating the naval base from Cuban-controlled territory.
• In 1903, Cuba signed a treaty that leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States for use as a Naval Station, with the understanding that this would reduce the military footprint of the U.S.
• Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.

Facts about General Lucio Blanco International Airport (REX):

• The furthest airport from General Lucio Blanco International Airport (REX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,189 miles (18,007 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• General Lucio Blanco International Airport (REX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of General Lucio Blanco International Airport's relatively low elevation of 139 feet, planes can take off or land at General Lucio Blanco 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.
• In addition to being known as "General Lucio Blanco International Airport", another name for REX is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Lucio Blanco".
• The closest airport to General Lucio Blanco International Airport (REX) is McAllen Miller International Airport (MFE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) N of REX.