Nonstop flight route between Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay and Akrotiri, Cyprus:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC), Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,027 miles (or 11,309 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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International 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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International 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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC):

• The furthest airport from Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is nearly antipodal to Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (meaning Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hateruma Airport), and is located 12,336 miles (19,853 kilometers) away in Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) is Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NE of PJC.
• In addition to being known as "Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport", another name for PJC is "Aeródromo de Pedro Juan Caballero Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster".
• Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
• In August 1970 a detachment of "G" of the Central Intelligence Agency arrived at the airfield with U-2 aircraft to monitor the Egypt/Israel Suez Canal fighting and cease fire.
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• 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.
• Up until 1974 RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force of aircraft assigned to it, even including No.
• Akrotiri, along with Nicosia, assumed a very important status, as virtually the sole means for projecting British airpower into the eastern Mediterranean, outside of aircraft carriers.
• In September 1976 the US U-2 operations were turned over to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, but the U-2 operation at RAF Akrotiri continued to be called Operating Location OH until September 1980.
• A sizeable over-the-horizon radar antenna was erected within the base raising concern for the effect on local wildlife and on the health of people living in nearby Limassol.
• 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.