Nonstop flight route between Aniak, Alaska, United States and Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aniak Airport (ANI), Aniak, Alaska, United States and Bezmer Air Base (JAM), Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,241 miles (or 8,435 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 Aniak Airport and Bezmer Air 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 Aniak Airport and Bezmer Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aniak Airport (ANI):

• The closest airport to Aniak Airport (ANI) is Chuathbaluk Airport (CHU), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) E of ANI.
• Aniak Airport (ANI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Aniak Airport (ANI) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,530 miles (16,946 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
• Because of Aniak Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Aniak 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.
• Aniak Airport covers an area of 1,722 acres at an elevation of 89 feet above mean sea level.

Facts about Bezmer Air Base (JAM):

• Bezmer Air Base (JAM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,287 miles (18,164 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Bezmer Air Base's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Bezmer Air Base 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 closest airport to Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Stara Zagora Airport (SZR), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) W of JAM.
• In addition to being known as "Bezmer Air Base", another name for JAM is "LBIA".
• The Bezmer Air Base is among the joint US-Bulgarian military bases established according to the 2006 Defense Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Bulgaria.
• The strategic location and particularly favorable weather conditions of the area was appreciated already during World War I, when the Imperial German Air Service built in Yambol a base for zeppelins used for reconnaissance and bombing missions to Romania, Russia, Sudan and Malta.