Nonstop flight route between Anchorage, Alaska, United States and San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States and Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ), San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,515 miles (or 12,094 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 Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional 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 Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional 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 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.
• 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.
• The uncertain world situation in late 1940s and early 1950s caused a major buildup of air defense forces in Alaska.
• 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 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.
• On 12 November 1940, the War Department formally designated what had been popularly referred to as Elmendorf Field as Fort Richardson.
• In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".
• The closest airport to Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Merrill Field (MRI), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of EDF.

Facts about Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ):

• In addition to being known as "Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport", another name for JUJ is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Jujuy - Gobernador Horacio Guzmán".
• The closest airport to Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) is Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SW of JUJ.
• The furthest airport from Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) is Meixian Airport (MXZ), which is nearly antipodal to Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (meaning Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Meixian Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
• Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) currently has only 1 runway.