Nonstop flight route between Stony River, Alaska, United States and Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Stony River Airport (SRV), Stony River, Alaska, United States and Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE), Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,740 miles (or 9,238 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 Stony River Airport and Rene Mouawad Air Base, 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 Stony River Airport and Rene Mouawad Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Stony River Airport (SRV):

• Stony River Airport (SRV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Stony River Airport's relatively low elevation of 230 feet, planes can take off or land at Stony River 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 addition to being known as "Stony River Airport", another name for SRV is "Stony River 2 Airport".
• The closest airport to Stony River Airport (SRV) is Sleetmute Airport (SLQ), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of SRV.
• The furthest airport from Stony River Airport (SRV) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,517 miles (16,925 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.

Facts about Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE):

• In addition to being known as "Rene Mouawad Air Base", another name for KYE is "مطار الرئيس الشهيد رينيه معوض".
• In the 1990s Middle East Airlines ran flights between this air base and Beirut to serve Tripoli and the surrounding area.
• The closest airport to Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) is Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) N of KYE.
• Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,486 miles (18,484 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Rene Mouawad Air Base's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Rene Mouawad Air Base 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.
• On January 2012, the Lebanese cabinet announced plans to restore the airport so that it will be used for cargo and low cost airlines.
• Rene Mouawad Air Base, formerly and still sometimes known as Kleyate Airport, used to be a military-civil joint airport in northern Lebanon, near the town of Kleyate and 6 kilometres from the Lebanese–Syrian border.