Nonstop flight route between Arua, Uganda and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Arua Airport (RUA), Arua, Uganda and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,185 miles (or 11,563 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 Arua Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, 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 Arua Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RUA / HUAR |
Airport Name: | Arua Airport |
Location: | Arua, Uganda |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°2'49"N by 30°54'43"E |
Area Served: | Arua, Uganda |
Operator/Owner: | Uganda Civil Aviation Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3951 feet (1,204 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from RUA |
More Information: | RUA Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Arua Airport (RUA):
- Arua Airport (RUA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Arua Airport (RUA) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,769 miles (18,940 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- In July 2009 the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda, which owns and operates Arua Airport, publicly announced that it had started to upgrade the airport to International standards.
- The closest airport to Arua Airport (RUA) is Kabalega Falls Airport (KBG), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) SE of RUA.
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- On 10 June 2006, the Department of Defense reported that three Guantanamo Bay detainees committed suicide.
- During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations.
- Since 1939, the base's water had been supplied by pipelines that drew water from the Yateras River about 4.5 miles northeast of the base.
- The area surrounding Guantanamo bay was originally inhabited by the Taíno people.
- Windward Point contains most of the activities on the Naval Station.
- 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.