Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Monrovia, Liberia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB), Monrovia, Liberia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,436 miles (or 7,139 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field, 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 Roberts International Airport Roberts Field. 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):

• Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 1986, Guantanamo became host to the first and only McDonald's restaurant within Cuba.
• 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.

Facts about Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB):

• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Roberts International Airport Roberts Field's relatively low elevation of 31 feet, planes can take off or land at Roberts International Airport Roberts Field 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.
• At one point in the past, Roberts Airport was listed as an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.
• The furthest airport from Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Nauru International Airport (INU), which is nearly antipodal to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (meaning Roberts International Airport Roberts Field is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Nauru International Airport), and is located 12,001 miles (19,314 kilometers) away in Yaren, Nauru.
• The closest airport to Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) is Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) W of ROB.
• Roberts International Airport Roberts Field handled 133,656 passengers last year.
• It was announced in October 2008 that U.S.
• Roberts is the principal international airport in Liberia, and one of only two with paved runways in the nation.