Nonstop flight route between Bujumbura, Burundi and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bujumbura International Airport (BJM), Bujumbura, Burundi and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,991 miles (or 12,861 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 Bujumbura International Airport and Andersen 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 Bujumbura International Airport and Andersen 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 Bujumbura International Airport (BJM):

• Bujumbura International Airport handled 177,642 passengers last year.
• Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,967 miles (19,260 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• The closest airport to Bujumbura International Airport (BJM) is Gitega Airport (GID), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) E of BJM.
• In addition to being known as "Bujumbura International Airport", another name for BJM is "Aéroport international de Bujumbura".

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• The closest airport to Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SW of UAM.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
• The furthest airport from Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Andersen Air Force Base (meaning Andersen Air Force Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
• The base returned to routine operations by the late 1970s, but continued to serve as one of SAC's strategic locations.
• Andersen saw an end to its role in rotational duties when the B-47 was phased out and replaced by the B-52 Stratofortress.
• B-29 Superfortress missions from North Field were attacks against strategic targets in Japan, initially operating in daylight and at high altitude to bomb factories, refineries, and other objectives.
• Andersen AFB was established in 1944 as North Field and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.