Nonstop flight route between Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh, India and Agana, Guam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Daporijo Airport (DEP), Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh, India and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,398 miles (or 5,468 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 Daporijo Airport and Andersen Air Force Base, 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 Daporijo Airport and Andersen Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DEP / VEDZ |
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Location: | Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°58'59"N by 94°13'0"E |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 750 feet (229 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DEP |
More Information: | DEP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UAM / PGUA |
Airport Name: | Andersen Air Force Base |
Location: | Agana, Guam |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°34'51"N by 144°55'27"E |
View all routes: | Routes from UAM |
More Information: | UAM Maps & Info |
Facts about Daporijo Airport (DEP):
- Because of Daporijo Airport's relatively low elevation of 750 feet, planes can take off or land at Daporijo 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.
- In addition to being known as "Daporijo Airport", another name for DEP is "डपॉरिजी हवाई अड्डे".
- The furthest airport from Daporijo Airport (DEP) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,546 miles (18,581 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- The closest airport to Daporijo Airport (DEP) is Ziro Airport (ZER), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) SW of DEP.
- Daporijo Airport (DEP) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):
- The closest airport to Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SW of UAM.
- The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Thirteenth Air Force.
- After the end of World War II, Guam served as a collection point for surplus war goods that had accumulated in the Pacific Theater.
- The first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force.
- However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
- The furthest airport from Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Andersen Air Force Base (meaning Andersen Air Force Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- The frequent bombings resulted in a cease-fire in Vietnam, but the B-52s continued to fly missions over Cambodia and Laos until those were halted on 15 August 1973.