Nonstop flight route between Førde / Bringeland, Norway and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE), Førde / Bringeland, Norway and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,798 miles (or 10,941 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 Førde Airport, Bringeland 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 Førde Airport, Bringeland 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 Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE):

• Widerøe operates all scheduled services out of Førde, connecting it to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and Bergen Airport, Flesland with a combined seven daily flights.
• In addition to being known as "Førde Airport, Bringeland", another name for FDE is "Førde lufthavn, Bringeland".
• Førde Airport, Bringeland handled 83,207 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE) is Florø Airport (FRO), which is located 28 miles (44 kilometers) WNW of FDE.
• The first plans for an airport serving the Sunnfjord region was in the town of Florø.
• From before the airport was built it was evident that the location was not well suited, and planning of an alternative location began in 1968.
• The furthest airport from Førde Airport, Bringeland (FDE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,219 miles (18,055 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• The base saw a major change in 1989, when control transferred from the Strategic Air Command to Pacific Air Forces.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• Additionally, the 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the Pacific Air Forces, along with its F-86s, was stationed at Andersen from August 1956 until it was inactivated in March 1960.
• Andersen is one of four bomber forward operating locations in the US Air Force.
• 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.
• The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Thirteenth Air Force.
• Andersen AFB was established in 1944 as North Field and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
• 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.
• At Andersen, the wing assumed responsibility for administering two active and one semi-active bases plus an assortment of communication, weather, radar, rescue and other facilities and units including the Marianas Air Material Area, a wing size unit.
• 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.