Nonstop flight route between Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States and Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC), San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,322 miles (or 13,392 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 Aviador Carlos Campos 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 Aviador Carlos Campos 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):

• In addition to being known as "Ladd Army Airfield", another name for FBK is "(Ladd Air Force Base)".
• From the late 1940s into the 1950s, Ladd AFB served as the northern hub for Air Force activities in Alaska.
• 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.
• Alaska's transportation infrastructure at the time was so limited and the problem of military supply so acute, it also made sense to concentrate the bases along existing supply lines near Anchorage and Fairbanks.
• By the end of the war, 7,926 aircraft were ferried though Ladd Field.
• Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.
• Reflecting the need to insure aircraft bound for the Soviet Union were prepared for the flight to Galena and Nome, prior to flying across the Bering Straits to Siberia, Ladd AAF the Alaska Air Depot of XI AF Service Command was activated on 8 July 1942.
• During 1946-1950, personnel from Ladd laid some of the groundwork of the early Cold War with strategic reconnaissance and Arctic research projects.
• 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.

Facts about Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC):

• The furthest airport from Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC) is Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), which is nearly antipodal to Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (meaning Aviador Carlos Campos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ordos Ejin Horo Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,908 kilometers) away in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
• Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Aviador Carlos Campos Airport (CPC) is Pucón Airport (ZPC), which is located 68 miles (110 kilometers) NW of CPC.
• In addition to being known as "Aviador Carlos Campos Airport", another name for CPC is "Aeropuerto de Chapelco - Aviador Carlos Campos".