Nonstop flight route between Tacoma, Washington, United States and Arecibo, Puerto Rico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gray Army Airfield (GRF), Tacoma, Washington, United States and Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), Arecibo, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,701 miles (or 5,956 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 Gray Army Airfield and Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol 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 Gray Army Airfield and Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gray Army Airfield (GRF):

• The 91st Observation Squadron and aircraft of the 3rd Balloon Squadron operated out of the Fort Lewis airfield.
• The Fort Lewis airfield housed observation planes.
• In addition to being known as "Gray Army Airfield", another name for GRF is "(Joint Base Lewis-McChord)".
• Gray Army Airfield, also known as Gray AAF, is a military airfield located within Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
• During the Vietnam War, GAAF not only trained helicopter units, but fixed-wing aircraft units as well.
• Gray Army Airfield (GRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NE of GRF.
• The furthest airport from Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,809 miles (17,395 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• World War II cantonment construction involved the demolition of some of the pre-1941 buildings.
• In October 1921 Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” biplanes flew from the Naval Station at Sand Point to a grass airfield at what was then called "Camp Lewis", located at a site just west of today’s Gray AAF.
• During the Korean War, GAAF continued in the role as a training and division support field.
• Because of Gray Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Gray 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 Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE):

• Because of Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport 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 closest airport to Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE) is Dorado Airport (DDP), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) E of ARE.
• During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force conducting antisubmarine patrols.
• The furthest airport from Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (meaning Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,222 miles (19,669 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport", another name for ARE is "ABO".
• Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was named after a prominent Arecibo born businessman and pilot, who perished along with his wife and two passengers, on a flight from Isla Grande airport in San Juan to Arecibo on Mother's day, 1979.