Nonstop flight route between Anchorage, Alaska, United States and Milan, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States and Milan Linate Airport (LIN), Milan, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,972 miles (or 8,002 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 Milan Linate 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 Milan Linate 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 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 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.
• On 12 November 1940, the War Department formally designated what had been popularly referred to as Elmendorf Field as Fort Richardson.
• The strategic importance of Elmendorf AFB was graphically realized during the spring of 1980 when the 18th Tactical Fighter Squadron deployed eight of its F-4Es to Korea to participate in exercise Team Spirit.
• In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".

Facts about Milan Linate Airport (LIN):

• In addition to being known as "Milan Linate Airport", another name for LIN is "Aeroporto di Milano-Linate".
• Milan Linate Airport (LIN) has 2 runways.
• Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo.
• The closest airport to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of LIN.
• Milan Linate Airport handled 9,229,890 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Milan Linate Airport (meaning Milan Linate Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,133 miles (19,526 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.