Nonstop flight route between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Long Bawan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NBW), Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW), Long Bawan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,637 miles (or 17,119 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Juvai Semaring 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 United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and Juvai Semaring Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LBW / WRLB |
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Location: | Long Bawan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°52'1"N by 115°40'58"E |
Area Served: | Long Bawan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2500 feet (762 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LBW |
More Information: | LBW Maps & Info |
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.
- Until the 1953–59 revolution, thousands of Cubans commuted daily from outside the base to jobs within.
- 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.
- In the last quarter of the 20th century, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas.
- Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.
- 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 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.
Facts about Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW):
- Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Juvai Semaring Airport", other names for LBW include "Bandar Udara Yuvai Semaring" and "WALB".
- The closest airport to Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW) is Ba'kelalan Airport (BKM), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NNW of LBW.
- The furthest airport from Juvai Semaring Airport (LBW) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Juvai Semaring Airport (meaning Juvai Semaring Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.