Nonstop flight route between Barimunya, Western Australia, Australia and Glendale, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barimunya Airport (BYP), Barimunya, Western Australia, Australia and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), Glendale, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,240 miles (or 14,870 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 Barimunya Airport and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field, 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 Barimunya Airport and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Barimunya Airport (BYP):

• Barimunya Airport (BYP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Barimunya Airport (BYP) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Barimunya Airport (meaning Barimunya Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,096 miles (19,467 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
• The closest airport to Barimunya Airport (BYP) is Coondewanna Airport (CJF), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) SW of BYP.

Facts about Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF):

• In addition to being known as "Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field", another name for LUF is "Luke AFB".
• During World War II, Luke Field was the largest fighter training base in the Army Air Forces, graduating more than 12,000 fighter pilots from advanced and operational courses earning the nickname, “Home of the Fighter Pilot.”
• Luke Air Force Base was named after Second Lieutenant Frank Luke.
• The program was to be conducted by the Federalized Michigan Air National Guard 127th Fighter Group, which had transferred from Continental Air Command to ATC, effective 10 February.
• The unit was reassigned to Nellis AFB, Nevada on 23 June 1956.
• The base population includes about 7500 military members and 15,000 family members.
• The closest airport to Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LUF.
• The furthest airport from Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Soon after combat developed in Korea, Luke field was reactivated on 1 February 1951 as Luke Air Force Base, part of the Air Training Command under the reorganized United States Air Force.