Nonstop flight route between Esquel, Chubut Province, Argentina and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Esquel Airport (EQS), Esquel, Chubut Province, Argentina and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,489 miles (or 15,271 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 Esquel Airport and Andersen Air Force Base, 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 Esquel Airport and Andersen Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Esquel Airport (EQS):

• The closest airport to Esquel Airport (EQS) is El Maitén Airport (EMX), which is located 61 miles (97 kilometers) N of EQS.
• Esquel Airport (EQS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Since 1998, it has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.
• In addition to being known as "Esquel Airport", another name for EQS is "Aeropuerto de Esquel".
• Esquel Airport is an international airport in Chubut Province, Argentina serving the city of Esquel.
• The furthest airport from Esquel Airport (EQS) is Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport (ERL), which is nearly antipodal to Esquel Airport (meaning Esquel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport), and is located 12,269 miles (19,746 kilometers) away in Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, China.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• B-29 Superfortress missions from North Field were attacks against strategic targets in Japan, initially operating in daylight and at high altitude to bomb factories, refineries, and other objectives.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• The base returned to routine operations by the late 1970s, but continued to serve as one of SAC's strategic locations.
• In 1951, the Strategic Air Command chose several overseas bases to support rotational unit deployments of its bombers from stateside bases, starting with B-29 Superfortress units and later including Convair B-36, B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress bombers, and KB-29 refueling tankers.
• The closest airport to Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SW of UAM.
• Andersen Air Force Base was established on 3 December 1944 and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
• After the war, B-29s from North Field dropped food and supplies to Allied prisoners and participated in several show-of-force missions over Japan.
• The furthest airport from Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Andersen Air Force Base (meaning Andersen Air Force Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
• However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.