Nonstop flight route between Anchorage, Alaska, United States and El Tigre, Venezuela:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States and El Tigre Airport (ELX), El Tigre, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,538 miles (or 8,912 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 Elmendorf Air Force Base and El Tigre Airport, 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 Elmendorf Air Force Base and El Tigre Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF):

• 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 Department of Defense proposed a major realignment of the base as part of the Base Realignment and Closure program announced on 13 May 2005.
• The first Air Force unit to be assigned to Alaska, the 18th Pursuit Squadron, arrived in February 1941.
• 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.
• 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.
• Construction on Elmendorf Field began on 8 June 1940, as a major and permanent military airfield near Anchorage.
• In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".

Facts about El Tigre Airport (ELX):

• Because of El Tigre Airport's relatively low elevation of 837 feet, planes can take off or land at El Tigre 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.
• El Tigre Airport (ELX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "El Tigre Airport", another name for ELX is "Aeropuerto El Tigre".
• The furthest airport from El Tigre Airport (ELX) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is nearly antipodal to El Tigre Airport (meaning El Tigre Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Selaparang Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Mataram, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to El Tigre Airport (ELX) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NNE of ELX.