Nonstop flight route between Agana, Guam and Osijek, Croatia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam and Osijek Airport (OSI), Osijek, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,155 miles (or 11,515 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 Andersen Air Force Base and Osijek 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 Andersen Air Force Base and Osijek Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OSI / LDOS |
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Location: | Osijek, Croatia |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°27'46"N by 18°48'37"E |
Operator/Owner: | Osijek Airport Ltd. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 291 feet (89 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OSI |
More Information: | OSI Maps & Info |
Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):
- With hostilities in Korea at a standstill, the 19th Bomb Wing headquarters relocated to Kadena Air Base, Japan in 1953, and was replaced by the 6319th Air Base Wing of the Far East Air Forces.
- Flying out of Guam, S/Sgt Henry E Erwin of the 29th Bombardment Group was awarded the Medal of Honor for action that saved his B-29 during a mission over Koriyama, Japan, on 12 April 1945.
- 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 closest airport to Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SW of UAM.
- In 1951, the Strategic Air Command chose several overseas bases to support rotational unit deployments of its bombers from stateside bases, starting with B-29 Superfortress units and later including Convair B-36, B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress bombers, and KB-29 refueling tankers.
- The first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force.
- Operation Linebacker II continued the mission of Operation Arc Light, and was most notable for its 11-day bombing campaign between 18 and 29 December 1972, in which more than 150 B-52 bombers flew 729 sorties in 11 days.
Facts about Osijek Airport (OSI):
- There is also a secondary airport, used exclusively for sport and private flying purposes.
- The complex traffic Corridor Vc which connects Northern, Central and Southern Europe represents an opportunity to integrate economic development and traffic movement into the Central European area.
- The closest airport to Osijek Airport (OSI) is Novi Sad Čenej Airport (QND), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) E of OSI.
- In addition to being known as "Osijek Airport", another name for OSI is "Zračna luka Osijek/Klisa".
- The furthest airport from Osijek Airport (OSI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,679 miles (18,795 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Osijek Airport's relatively low elevation of 291 feet, planes can take off or land at Osijek 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.
- Osijek Airport (OSI) currently has only 1 runway.