Nonstop flight route between Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ), Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,105 miles (or 16,263 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 Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz 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 Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz 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 Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ):

• The closest airport to Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) is Comandante Espora Airport (BHI), which is located 90 miles (144 kilometers) S of CSZ.
• Because of Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport's relatively low elevation of 768 feet, planes can take off or land at Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz 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.
• Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport", other names for CSZ include "Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (Coronel Suárez)", "Aeropuerto Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz" and "SUZ".
• The furthest airport from Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) is Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA), which is nearly antipodal to Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (meaning Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Jinan, Shandong, China.

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.
• Three days after North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, the 19th Bomb Group deployed B-29s to Andersen to begin bombing targets throughout South Korea.
• 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.
• With the start of Operation Arc Light in June 1965, B-52s and KC-135s began regular bombing missions over Vietnam, and continued in that capacity until 1973, with a break between August 1970 and early 1972.
• 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.
• Guam was considered as being ideal to establish air bases to launch B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands.
• With hostilities in Korea at a standstill, the 19th Bomb Wing headquarters relocated to Kadena Air Base, Japan in 1953, and was replaced by the 6319th Air Base Wing of the Far East Air Forces.