Nonstop flight route between Viedma, Argentina and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM), Viedma, Argentina and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,271 miles (or 6,873 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 Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, 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 Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM):

• The furthest airport from Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM) is Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), which is nearly antipodal to Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (meaning Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Beijing Capital International Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
• In addition to being known as "Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport", another name for VDM is "Aeropuerto de Viedma – Gobernador Edgardo Castello".
• Because of Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Gobernador Edgardo Castello 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.
• Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport (VDM) is Antoine de Saint Exupéry Airport (OES), which is located 107 miles (172 kilometers) W of VDM.

Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):

• Windward Point contains most of the activities on the Naval Station.
• The Guantanamo Bay Coaling and Naval Base employs over 9,500 U.S.
• 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.
• During the war the base was set up to use a non-descript number for postal operations.
• Since 2002, the naval base has contained a military prison, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, for alleged unlawful combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places.
• During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the families of military personnel were evacuated from the base.
• 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.
• In the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas.