Nonstop flight route between Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico and Akrotiri, Cyprus:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Amado Nervo International Airport (TPQ), Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,679 miles (or 12,358 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 Amado Nervo International Airport and RAF Akrotiri, 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 Amado Nervo International Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Amado Nervo International Airport (TPQ):

• The closest airport to Amado Nervo International Airport (TPQ) is Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) SSW of TPQ.
• In addition to being known as "Amado Nervo International Airport", another name for TPQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Amado Nervo".
• The furthest airport from Amado Nervo International Airport (TPQ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,665 miles (18,774 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Amado Nervo International Airport (TPQ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):

• In the mid-1980s, the US launched retaliatory attacks against Libya after the country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was implicated in terrorist attacks against US military bases.
• The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Akrotiri, along with Nicosia, assumed a very important status, as virtually the sole means for projecting British airpower into the eastern Mediterranean, outside of aircraft carriers.
• A sizeable over-the-horizon radar antenna was erected within the base raising concern for the effect on local wildlife and on the health of people living in nearby Limassol.
• The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
• Up until 1974 RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force of aircraft assigned to it, even including No.
• The U-2s of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing were used in Operation Cedar Sweep to fly surveillance over Lebanon, relaying information about Hezbollah militants to Lebanese authorities, and in Operation Highland Warrior to fly surveillance over Turkey and northern Iraq to relay information to Turkish authorities.
• In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".