Nonstop flight route between Acarigua, Venezuela and Anchorage, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV), Acarigua, Venezuela and Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,327 miles (or 8,573 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 Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport and Elmendorf 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 Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport and Elmendorf Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV):

• Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV) has 2 runways.
• Because of Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Oswaldo Guevara Mujica 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 "Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport", another name for AGV is "Aeropuerto Gral. Bgda. Oswaldo Guevara Mujica".
• The furthest airport from Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (meaning Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,313 miles (19,815 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV) is Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NNW of AGV.

Facts about Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF):

• The furthest airport from Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,542 miles (16,965 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The strategic importance of Elmendorf AFB was graphically realized during the spring of 1980 when the 18th Tactical Fighter Squadron deployed eight of its F-4Es to Korea to participate in exercise Team Spirit.
• In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".
• On 12 November 1940, the War Department formally designated what had been popularly referred to as Elmendorf Field as Fort Richardson.
• The closest airport to Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Merrill Field (MRI), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of EDF.
• That importance was further recognized when the F-15E Strike Eagle equipped 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron was reassigned to Elmendorf Air Force Base from Clark Air Base in the Philippines in May 1991.