Nonstop flight route between Anchorage, Alaska, United States and Olavarría, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), Anchorage, Alaska, United States and Olavarría Airport (OVR), Olavarría, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,404 miles (or 13,525 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 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Olavarría 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 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Olavarría Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC):

• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport handled 4,976,557 passengers last year.
• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) has 3 runways.
• The FAA has forecast total operations for the year 2011 to be 261,375.
• A shuttle bus runs approximately every 15 minutes between the North and South terminals and the employee and long-term parking lots.
• The South Terminal serves Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Condor, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, Sun Country, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America.
• Because of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport's relatively low elevation of 152 feet, planes can take off or land at Ted Stevens Anchorage 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.
• Route 7A of the Anchorage People Mover bus system serves the airport's North and South terminals once every hour in each direction, connecting it with the downtown Transit Center and the Dimond Center mall.
• The closest airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is Merrill Field (MRI), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) ENE of ANC.
• The furthest airport from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,548 miles (16,975 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The airport was renamed in 2000 by the Alaska Legislature to honor former long-standing U.S.

Facts about Olavarría Airport (OVR):

• Olavarría Airport (OVR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Olavarría Airport (OVR) is Tandil Airport (TDL), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) ESE of OVR.
• Because of Olavarría Airport's relatively low elevation of 551 feet, planes can take off or land at Olavarría 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 Olavarría Airport (OVR) is Weifang Airport (WEF), which is nearly antipodal to Olavarría Airport (meaning Olavarría Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Weifang Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Weifang, Shandong, China.