Nonstop flight route between Waspam, Nicaragua and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Waspam Airport (WSP), Waspam, Nicaragua and United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba would travel a Great Circle distance of 682 miles (or 1,098 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 Waspam 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: | WSP / MNWP |
Airport Name: | Waspam Airport |
Location: | Waspam, Nicaragua |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°44'16"N by 83°58'32"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 115 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from WSP |
More Information: | WSP 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 Waspam Airport (WSP):
- Waspam Airport (WSP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Waspam Airport's relatively low elevation of 115 feet, planes can take off or land at Waspam 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.
- The furthest airport from Waspam Airport (WSP) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Waspam Airport (meaning Waspam Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,253 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to Waspam Airport (WSP) is Puerto Cabezas Airport (PUZ), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) SE of WSP.
Facts about United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW):
- 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 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 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.
- 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 the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas.
- 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.