Nonstop flight route between Caye Caulker, Belize and Akrotiri, Cyprus:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Caye Caulker Airport (CUK), Caye Caulker, Belize and RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,142 miles (or 11,493 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 Caye Caulker 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 Caye Caulker 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: | CUK / |
Airport Name: | Caye Caulker Airport |
Location: | Caye Caulker, Belize |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°44'5"N by 88°1'45"W |
Operator/Owner: | n/a |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1 feet (0 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CUK |
More Information: | CUK 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 Caye Caulker Airport (CUK):
- Caye Caulker Airport (CUK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Caye Caulker Airport (CUK) is Caye Chapel Airport (CYC), which is located only 2 miles (4 kilometers) SSW of CUK.
- Because of Caye Caulker Airport's relatively low elevation of 1 feet, planes can take off or land at Caye Caulker 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 Caye Caulker Airport (CUK) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,935 miles (19,207 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- 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.
- Due to the station's relative proximity to the Middle East, it is often used by British allies when needed, such as for casualty reception for Americans after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and as a staging post before heading into theatres of combat in the Middle East/Persian Gulf theaters.
- The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
- In August 1970 a detachment of "G" of the Central Intelligence Agency arrived at the airfield with U-2 aircraft to monitor the Egypt/Israel Suez Canal fighting and cease fire.
- 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.
- In March 2011, the station was used as a staging base for support aircraft involved in Operation Ellamy.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".