Nonstop flight route between Apolo, La Paz, Bolivia and Spokane, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Apolo Airport (APB), Apolo, La Paz, Bolivia and Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA), Spokane, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,274 miles (or 8,488 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 Apolo Airport and Fairchild 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 Apolo Airport and Fairchild 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 Apolo Airport (APB):

• Apolo Airport (APB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Apolo Airport", another name for APB is "Apolo Airport (Apolo)".
• The furthest airport from Apolo Airport (APB) is Phu Cat Airport (UIH), which is nearly antipodal to Apolo Airport (meaning Apolo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Phu Cat Airport), and is located 12,254 miles (19,720 kilometers) away in Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam.
• The closest airport to Apolo Airport (APB) is Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) ENE of APB.
• Because of Apolo Airport's high elevation of 4,642 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at APB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make APB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA):

• The weapons storage area for the bombers was located south of the runway at Deep Creek Air Force Station, a separate installation constructed from 1950 to 1953 by the Atomic Energy Commission and operated by the Air Materiel Command.
• The furthest airport from Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,665 miles (17,163 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Fairchild Air Force Base", another name for SKA is "Fairchild AFB".
• Since 1994, the 92 ARW has been involved in many contingency missions around the world.
• The host unit at Fairchild is the 92d Air Refueling Wing assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force.
• The closest airport to Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Spokane International Airport (GEG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) E of SKA.
• Fairchild Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, located approximately 12 miles southwest of Spokane, Washington.
• Over 5,100 active duty Air Force, Air National Guard, and tenant organization military and civilian employees work on Fairchild, making the base the largest employer in Eastern Washington.
• As military operations in Vietnam escalated in the mid-1960s, the demand for air refueling increased.
• Fairchild is home to a wide variety of units and missions.