Nonstop flight route between Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Bauru State Airport (BAU), Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,859 miles (or 12,648 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 Ladd Army Airfield and Bauru State 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 Ladd Army Airfield and Bauru State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ladd Army Airfield (FBK):

• By the end of the war, 7,926 aircraft were ferried though Ladd Field.
• Because of Ladd Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 454 feet, planes can take off or land at Ladd Army Airfield 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.
• Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airplanes arrived at Ladd were stripped of all but basic instrumentation and armament.
• As the northern region headquarters of the 11th Air Division, the base was the logistical support center for Alaska's new defense projects.
• The furthest airport from Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,286 miles (16,554 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Testing at Ladd Field began again in 1942, but by 1943 aircraft cold-weather testing had become a second priority, as Ladd became the hub for fighters and bombers destined for the "Forgotten 1,000 Mile War" in the Aleutians against the Japanese or on their way to Soviet forces as part of the Lend-Lease program.
• In addition to being known as "Ladd Army Airfield", another name for FBK is "(Ladd Air Force Base)".
• The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.

Facts about Bauru State Airport (BAU):

• No scheduled flights operate at this airport anymore.
• The closest airport to Bauru State Airport (BAU) is Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) W of BAU.
• Bauru State Airport handled 11,451 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Bauru State Airport (BAU) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Bauru State Airport (meaning Bauru State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,194 miles (19,624 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• Bauru State Airport (BAU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bauru State Airport", another name for BAU is "Aeroporto Estadual de Bauru".