Nonstop flight route between Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tehuacán Airport (TCN), Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,455 miles (or 2,342 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 Tehuacán Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TCN / MMHC |
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Location: | Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°29'48"N by 97°25'10"W |
Area Served: | Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5509 feet (1,679 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TCN |
More Information: | TCN 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 Tehuacán Airport (TCN):
- The closest airport to Tehuacán Airport (TCN) is Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) NW of TCN.
- Because of Tehuacán Airport's high elevation of 5,509 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TCN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TCN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Tehuacán Airport (TCN) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,393 miles (18,335 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Tehuacán Airport", another name for TCN is "Aeropuerto Nacional de Tehuacán".
- Tehuacán Airport (TCN) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
- During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations.
- In January 2009, President Obama signed executive orders directing the CIA to shut what remains of its network of "secret" prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year.
- 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.
- In 2005, the Navy completed a $12 million wind project erecting four wind turbines capable of supplying about a quarter of the base's peak power needs, reducing diesel fuel usage and pollution from the existing diesel generators, while saving $1.2 million in annual energy costs.
- In 1903, Cuba signed a treaty that leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States for use as a Naval Station, with the understanding that this would reduce the military footprint of the U.S.
- In the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas.
- 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.