Nonstop flight route between Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina and Shemya, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA), Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina and Eareckson Air Station (SYA), Shemya, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,386 miles (or 15,106 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 General Justo José de Urquiza Airport and Eareckson Air Station, 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 General Justo José de Urquiza Airport and Eareckson Air Station. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PRA / SAAP |
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Location: | Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°47'40"S by 60°28'49"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 243 feet (74 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PRA |
More Information: | PRA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SYA / PASY |
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Location: | Shemya, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°42'43"N by 174°6'48"E |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Air Force |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 97 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SYA |
More Information: | SYA Maps & Info |
Facts about General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA):
- General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "General Justo José de Urquiza Airport", another name for PRA is "Aeropuerto de Entre Ríos "General Justo José de Urquiza"".
- Because of General Justo José de Urquiza Airport's relatively low elevation of 243 feet, planes can take off or land at General Justo José de Urquiza 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 General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) is Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX), which is nearly antipodal to General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (meaning General Justo José de Urquiza Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Changzhou Benniu Airport), and is located 12,420 miles (19,988 kilometers) away in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- The closest airport to General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) is Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) SSW of PRA.
Facts about Eareckson Air Station (SYA):
- The closest airport to Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) WNW of SYA.
- With the exception of a small station housekeeping unit, Shemya was abandoned after the war.
- On 28 May 1943, a small detachment of Alaskan Scouts began reconnaissance of Shemya, a small, flat, uninhabited island 35 miles to the east of Attu.
- Shemya also continued to support the Great Circle Route for MATS and later Military Airlift Command transports between Japan and Elmendorf AFB.
- Because of Eareckson Air Station's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at Eareckson Air Station 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 1966 the Air Defense Command 9th Air Division assumed jurisdiction of the base.
- By the end of 1944, several hundred American airmen had been interned by the Russians after their crippled aircraft landed on Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
- Eareckson Air Station (SYA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,668 miles (17,168 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- In addition to being known as "Eareckson Air Station", other names for SYA include "Shemya Air Force Base", "Shemya Army Airfield" and " ".