Nonstop flight route between Hagåtña, Guam and Jijiga, Ethiopia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guam International Airport (GUM), Hagåtña, Guam and Wilwal International Airport (JIJ), Jijiga, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,854 miles (or 11,030 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 Guam International Airport and Wilwal 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 Guam International Airport and Wilwal 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: | GUM / PGUM |
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Location: | Hagåtña, Guam |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°29'2"N by 144°47'49"E |
Area Served: | Guam |
Operator/Owner: | A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 297 feet (91 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUM |
More Information: | GUM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JIJ / HAJJ |
Airport Name: | Wilwal International Airport |
Location: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°19'50"N by 42°54'39"E |
Area Served: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5413 feet (1,650 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JIJ |
More Information: | JIJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Guam International Airport (GUM):
- The furthest airport from Guam International Airport (GUM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Guam International Airport (meaning Guam International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,223 miles (19,671 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- Japan Airlines opened a flight crew training center at GUM in October 2013.
- Guam International Airport (GUM) has 2 runways.
- Several fatal accidents have occurred on and near Guam over the years.
- For a comprehensive list of all accidents relating to Guam, visit the Aviation Safety Network database by linking to it from the external links section below.
- The USCBP also conducts a pre-clearance of nonstop passengers bound for Honolulu.
- In addition to being known as "Guam International Airport", another name for GUM is "Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport".
- Guam International Airport handled 2,807,205 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Guam International Airport (GUM) is Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NE of GUM.
- Because of Guam International Airport's relatively low elevation of 297 feet, planes can take off or land at Guam International 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.
Facts about Wilwal International Airport (JIJ):
- Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Wilwal International Airport's high elevation of 5,413 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JIJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JIJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Wilwal International Airport (meaning Wilwal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,302 miles (19,799 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) NNE of JIJ.
- By the 1990s, the Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport was one of 10 bases of the Ethiopian Air Force.