Nonstop flight route between Nazca, Ica Region, Peru and Akrotiri, Cyprus:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), Nazca, Ica Region, Peru and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,808 miles (or 12,565 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 Maria Reiche Neuman Airport and RAF Akrotiri, 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 Maria Reiche Neuman Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC):

• Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC) is Ubon Ratchathani Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุบลราชธานี (UBP), which is nearly antipodal to Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (meaning Maria Reiche Neuman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ubon Ratchathani Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุบลราชธานี), and is located 12,407 miles (19,967 kilometers) away in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.
• The closest airport to Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) NW of NZC.
• In addition to being known as "Maria Reiche Neuman Airport", another name for NZC is "Aeropuerto María Reiche Neuman".

Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• The U-2s of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing were used in Operation Cedar Sweep to fly surveillance over Lebanon, relaying information about Hezbollah militants to Lebanese authorities, and in Operation Highland Warrior to fly surveillance over Turkey and northern Iraq to relay information to Turkish authorities.
• The station hosted the main hospital for British Forces Cyprus, The Princess Mary's Hospital, located on Cape Zevgari.
• Even this massive influx from Egypt was not the end.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• In the mid-1980s, the US launched retaliatory attacks against Libya after the country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was implicated in terrorist attacks against US military bases.
• The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.