Nonstop flight route between Ceuta, Spain and Herat, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ceuta Heliport (JCU), Ceuta, Spain and Herat International Airport (HEA), Herat, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,742 miles (or 6,021 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 Ceuta Heliport and Herat International Airport, 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 Ceuta Heliport and Herat International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JCU / GECE |
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Location: | Ceuta, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°53'32"N by 5°18'20"W |
Area Served: | Ceuta |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7 feet (2 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from JCU |
More Information: | JCU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HEA / OAHR |
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Location: | Herat, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°12'36"N by 62°13'40"E |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 3205 feet (977 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HEA |
More Information: | HEA Maps & Info |
Facts about Ceuta Heliport (JCU):
- Ceuta Heliport handled 5,673 passengers last year.
- Because of Ceuta Heliport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Ceuta Heliport 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ceuta Heliport", another name for JCU is "Helipuerto de Ceuta".
- In its second year of operation, the heliport served 20,233 passengers, handled 2,656 operations and 4.6 tonnes of cargo.
- The closest airport to Ceuta Heliport (JCU) is Gibraltar International Airport (GIB), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) N of JCU.
- This infrastructure is key to Ceuta because it allows passengers to connect in minutes through Malaga, giving Ceuta access to almost all cities served from Andalucia.
- The furthest airport from Ceuta Heliport (JCU) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Ceuta Heliport (meaning Ceuta Heliport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,416 miles (19,982 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
- Since 9 January 2004, it has been possible to fly to Ceuta from Málaga by helicopter.
Facts about Herat International Airport (HEA):
- Herat International Airport is located 6.5 miles southeast of the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, east of the Herat-Farah road, close to Guzara in the Guzara District of the Herat Province.
- In addition to being known as "Herat International Airport", other names for HEA include "Herat Airport (Herat)" and "Persian: میدان هوایی بین المللی هرات".
- The furthest airport from Herat International Airport (HEA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,742 miles (18,897 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The airport was originally built by engineers from the United States in the late 1950s.
- Herat International Airport (HEA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Herat International Airport (HEA) is Qala i Naw Airport د قلعه نوهوائی ډګر (LQN), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) NE of HEA.