Nonstop flight route between Valera, Venezuela and Akrotiri, Cyprus:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV), Valera, Venezuela and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,609 miles (or 10,636 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 Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño 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 Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport and RAF Akrotiri. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VLV / SVVL |
Airport Name: | Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport |
Location: | Valera, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°20'26"N by 70°35'3"W |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 1893 feet (577 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VLV |
More Information: | VLV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKT / LCRA |
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Location: | Akrotiri, Cyprus |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'26"N by 32°59'16"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from AKT |
More Information: | AKT Maps & Info |
Facts about Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV):
- The furthest airport from Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV) is Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), which is nearly antipodal to Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (meaning Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tunggul Wulung Airport), and is located 12,316 miles (19,821 kilometers) away in Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia.
- State airline Conviasa serves Flights to Caracas.
- The closest airport to Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV) is Barinas Airport (BNS), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) SSE of VLV.
- Colonel Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport, formerly Known as Antonio Nicolas Briceno National Airport is the main Trujillo state airport in the Venezuelan Andes, located on Avenida Principal La Hoyada in the municipality of Carvajal, just outside Valera.
- Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
- 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.
- 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.
- Up until 1974 RAF Akrotiri had a balanced force of aircraft assigned to it, even including No.
- In July 2006 RAF Akrotiri played a major role as a transit point for personnel evacuations out of Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
- A constant problem of airfields located outside the territory of the country whose forces are based there is that of overflight rights.
- The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
- Akrotiri is also the winter training grounds of the RAF display team, the Red Arrows.