Nonstop flight route between Fairbanks, Alaska, United States and Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eielson Air Force Base (EIL), Fairbanks, Alaska, United States and Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (VIX), Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,974 miles (or 12,833 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 Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras), 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 Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras). 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 58th Weather Squadron remained at Eielson until 8 August 1958.
• 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.
• Eielson AFB was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field.
• 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.
• Headquarters USAF General Order 2, dated 13 January 1948, redesignated Mile 26 as Eielson AFB.
• In July 1960, the Strategic Air Command stationed the 4157th Combat Support Group at Eielson.
• In addition to being known as "Eielson Air Force Base", another name for EIL is "Eielson AFB".
• Taken off deployment status in 2007 as a result of BRAC 2005, today the primary mission of the base is to support Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S.

Facts about Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (VIX):

• In addition to being known as "Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras)", another name for VIX is "Aeroporto de Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles (Goiabeiras)".
• Because of Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras)'s relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) 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 airport is located 10 km from downtown Vitória.
• The airport handles domestic flights, and has the capacity to receive medium-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and the Airbus 320.
• Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) handled 3,642,842 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (VIX) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (meaning Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,108 miles (19,485 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• The closest airport to Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (VIX) is Raimundo de Andrade Airport (CDI), which is located 71 miles (114 kilometers) SW of VIX.
• Vitória-Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport (Goiabeiras) (VIX) currently has only 1 runway.