Nonstop flight route between Barquisimeto, Venezuela and Anchorage, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM), Barquisimeto, Venezuela and Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,294 miles (or 8,519 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 Jacinto Lara International 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 Jacinto Lara International Airport and Elmendorf Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRM / SVBM |
Airport Name: | Jacinto Lara International Airport |
Location: | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°2'34"N by 69°21'30"W |
Operator/Owner: | IADAL |
Airport Type: | General |
Elevation: | 2042 feet (622 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRM |
More Information: | BRM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDF / PAED |
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Location: | Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 61°15'5"N by 149°48'23"W |
View all routes: | Routes from EDF |
More Information: | EDF Maps & Info |
Facts about Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM):
- The closest airport to Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) is Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of BRM.
- The furthest airport from Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Jacinto Lara International Airport (meaning Jacinto Lara International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,280 miles (19,763 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF):
- In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".
- The Elmendorf AFB is a site of one of the now decommissioned FLR-9 Wullenweber-class antennas, a node of the now obsolete High Frequency SIGINT direction finding system.
- On 12 November 1940, the War Department formally designated what had been popularly referred to as Elmendorf Field as Fort Richardson.
- On 22 September 1995, a Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne early warning and control aircraft with 22 USAF personnel and two Canadian air crew members crashed after ingesting a flock of Canada Geese, killing all on board.
- On 16 November 2010, a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor took off for a training mission.
- The closest airport to Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Merrill Field (MRI), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of EDF.
- The late 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s brought about a gradual, but significant decline in air defense forces in Alaska due to mission changes and the demands of the Vietnam War.
- 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.