Nonstop flight route between Coffeyville, Kansas, United States and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Coffeyville Municipal Airport (CFV), Coffeyville, Kansas, United States and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,179 miles (or 11,553 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 Coffeyville Municipal 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 Coffeyville Municipal 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 Coffeyville Municipal Airport (CFV):

• Because of Coffeyville Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 754 feet, planes can take off or land at Coffeyville Municipal 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.
• In addition to being known as "Coffeyville Municipal Airport", another name for CFV is "Coffeyville AAF".
• The closest airport to Coffeyville Municipal Airport (CFV) is Independence Municipal Airport (IDP), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) WNW of CFV.
• Coffeyville Municipal Airport (CFV) has 2 runways.
• Coffeyville Municipal Airport is a city-owned airport four miles northeast of Coffeyville, in Montgomery County, Kansas.
• During World War II the facility was Coffeyville Army Airfield and was a United States Army Air Forces AAF Flying Training Command training field 1942-1945.
• The furthest airport from Coffeyville Municipal Airport (CFV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,706 miles (17,229 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The facility was closed and turned over to civil authorities in 1947.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• Flying out of Guam, S/Sgt Henry E Erwin of the 29th Bombardment Group was awarded the Medal of Honor for action that saved his B-29 during a mission over Koriyama, Japan, on 12 April 1945.
• The 3rd Air Division was activated on 18 June in its place, its object being control of all SAC units in the Far East.
• After the war, B-29s from North Field dropped food and supplies to Allied prisoners and participated in several show-of-force missions over Japan.
• 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 Japanese managed to contain the marines on two beachheads, but their counter-attack failed.
• The first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force.
• After the end of World War II, Guam served as a collection point for surplus war goods that had accumulated in the Pacific Theater.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• 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 base returned to routine operations by the late 1970s, but continued to serve as one of SAC's strategic locations.
• Additionally, the 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the Pacific Air Forces, along with its F-86s, was stationed at Andersen from August 1956 until it was inactivated in March 1960.