Nonstop flight route between Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Venezuela and Doha, Qatar:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB), Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Venezuela and Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD), Doha, Qatar would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,953 miles (or 12,799 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 Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport and Al-Udeid 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 Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport and Al-Udeid 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 Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB):

• In addition to being known as "Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport", another name for STB is "Aeropuerto Miguel Urdaneta Fernández".
• Because of Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Miguel Urdaneta Fernández 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.
• Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB) is Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SE of STB.
• The furthest airport from Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is nearly antipodal to Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (meaning Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cibeureum Airfield), and is located 12,324 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia.

Facts about Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD):

• The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 authorizes $117 million in FY2010 spending to build new Air Force recreational, dormitory, and other facilities at Al Udeid.
• Between 2001 and 2009 the airbase was used by the British Royal Air Force with transport and fast-jet aircraft.
• Al Udeid Air Base is a military base west of Doha, Qatar, also known as Abu Nakhlah Airport.
• Because of Al-Udeid Air Base's relatively low elevation of 130 feet, planes can take off or land at Al-Udeid 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.
• The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 authorized $81.7 million in FY2008 spending to build new Air Force and Special Operations facilities in Qatar.
• The furthest airport from Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is nearly antipodal to Al-Udeid Air Base (meaning Al-Udeid Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Totegegie Airport), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Al-Udeid Air Base", other names for IUD include "قاعدة العديد الجوية" and "XJD".
• The Al Udeid Air Base now serves as a logistics, command, and basing hub for U.S.
• Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Al-Udeid Air Base (IUD) is Hamad International Airport (DOH), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) ENE of IUD.