Nonstop flight route between Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico and Peru, Indiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA), Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico and Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS), Peru, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,840 miles (or 2,961 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 relatively short distance between General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport and Grissom Air Reserve Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA):

• The closest airport to General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA) is Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH), which is located 127 miles (204 kilometers) WNW of ACA.
• The furthest airport from General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,310 miles (18,202 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at General Juan N. Álvarez 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.
• The facility has many services for passengers, including restaurants, VIP lounges, and several gates equipped with jetways, and is divided in two terminals, The passenger terminal, serving all scheduled flight and all airlines and the general aviation Terminal, which is a 1960's circular building.
• In 2012, the airport handled 546,951 passengers, and in 2013 it handled 617,079 passengers.
• General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA) has 2 runways.
• Because Acapulco has always been considered an important resort and recreation area, Juan Álvarez International Airport has long been important in the development of tourism in southern Mexico.
• Many Mexican airlines provide daily domestic flights to Mexico City, Tijuana, Monterrey and Toluca.
• In addition to being known as "General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport", another name for ACA is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Juan N. Álvarez".

Facts about Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS):

• Effective 1 October 1994, Grissom Air Force Base ceased active-duty operations, and the active Air Force transferred nearly half of the former base, including the runway, to the Air Force Reserve as Grissom Air Reserve Base.
• The furthest airport from Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,184 miles (17,998 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Grissom Air Reserve Base (GUS) is Kokomo Municipal Airport (OKK), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of GUS.
• Grissom Air Reserve Base is a United States Air Force base, located approximately 12 miles north of Kokomo in Cass and Miami counties in the U.S.
• In addition to being known as "Grissom Air Reserve Base", another name for GUS is "Grissom ARS".
• On 1 February 1978, the Air Force renamed the 305th Air Refueling Wing as the 305th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy.
• The United States Navy on 1 July 1942 started Naval Air Station Bunker Hill to train Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard pilots.
• Strategic Air Command assumed operational control of Bunker Hill Air Force Base from Tactical Air Command on 1 September 1957.