Nonstop flight route between Fairbanks, Alaska, United States and Elorza, Venezuela:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eielson Air Force Base (EIL), Fairbanks, Alaska, United States and Elorza Airport (EOZ), Elorza, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,412 miles (or 8,710 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 Eielson Air Force Base and Elorza 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 Eielson Air Force Base and Elorza Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Eielson Air Force Base (EIL):

• The 375th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, from the 308th Bombardment Group at Tinker AFB Oklahoma, arrived at Eielson on 5 March 1949.
• In addition to being known as "Eielson Air Force Base", another name for EIL is "Eielson AFB".
• Eielson is home to the 354th Fighter Wing which is part of the Eleventh Air Force of Pacific Air Forces.
• The closest airport to Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of EIL.
• On 20 August 1993, the 354 FW replaced the 343d Wing.
• The furthest airport from Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,295 miles (16,568 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• For the next 34 years, the 5010th served as host-unit at Eielson.
• The host unit at Eielson is the 354th Fighter Wing assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Eleventh Air Force.
• The Air Defense Command deployed interceptors to Eielson during the 1960s.

Facts about Elorza Airport (EOZ):

• Elorza Airport (EOZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Elorza Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Elorza 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.
• The closest airport to Elorza Airport (EOZ) is Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (AUC), which is located 85 miles (137 kilometers) W of EOZ.
• The furthest airport from Elorza Airport (EOZ) is Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA) (SRG), which is nearly antipodal to Elorza Airport (meaning Elorza Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Achmad Yani International Airport (AYIA)), and is located 12,426 miles (19,998 kilometers) away in Semarang, Indonesia.