Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Coral Harbour Airport (YZS), Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,084 miles (or 4,963 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 Coral Harbour 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 Coral Harbour 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: | YZS / CYZS |
| Airport Name: | Coral Harbour Airport |
| Location: | Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 64°11'35"N by 83°21'33"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 204 feet (62 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YZS |
| More Information: | YZS Maps & Info |
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- 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.
- In 2005, the Navy completed a $12 million wind project erecting four wind turbines capable of supplying about a quarter of the base's peak power needs, reducing diesel fuel usage and pollution from the existing diesel generators, while saving $1.2 million in annual energy costs.
- During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the families of military personnel were evacuated from the base.
- 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.
- In the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas.
- 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 Coral Harbour Airport (YZS):
- The closest airport to Coral Harbour Airport (YZS) is Repulse Bay Airport (YUT), which is located 181 miles (291 kilometers) NNW of YZS.
- Coral Harbour Airport (YZS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Coral Harbour Airport (YZS) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 10,229 miles (16,461 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Coral Harbour Airport's relatively low elevation of 204 feet, planes can take off or land at Coral Harbour 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.
