Nonstop flight route between Santiago, Cuba and New York City, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU), Santiago, Cuba and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,442 miles (or 2,321 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 relatively short distance between Antonio Maceo Airport and LaGuardia Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU):

• The airport has a drawing of Che Guevara on one of its outside walls.
• The furthest airport from Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,778 miles (18,955 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU) has 2 runways.
• Because of Antonio Maceo Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Antonio Maceo 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.
• The helipads are now part of the executive jet terminal on the north end of the airport.
• The closest airport to Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU) is Mariana Grajales Airport (GAO), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) E of SCU.

Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):

• Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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.
• In 1986, Pan Am restarted flights at the MAT with the purchase of New York Air's shuttle service between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
• The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• During the Floyd Bennett experiment La Guardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens, where it could take advantage of the new Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan.
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
• In late 2006, construction began to replace the air traffic control tower built in 1962 with a more modern one.
• The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
• Newark Airport began renovations, but could not keep up with the new Queens airport, which TIME called "the most pretentious land and seaplane base in the world." Even before the project was completed LaGuardia had won commitments from the five largest airlines that they would begin using the new field as soon as it opened.