Nonstop flight route between Hagåtña, Guam and Avalon, Victoria, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guam International Airport (GUM), Hagåtña, Guam and Avalon Airport (AVV), Avalon, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,560 miles (or 5,729 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 Guam International Airport and Avalon 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 Guam International Airport and Avalon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUM / PGUM |
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Location: | Hagåtña, Guam |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°29'2"N by 144°47'49"E |
Area Served: | Guam |
Operator/Owner: | A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 297 feet (91 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GUM |
More Information: | GUM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AVV / YMAV |
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Location: | Avalon, Victoria, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°2'20"S by 144°10'8"E |
Area Served: | Melbourne, Geelong |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Defence |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 115 feet (35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AVV |
More Information: | AVV Maps & Info |
Facts about Guam International Airport (GUM):
- Because of Guam International Airport's relatively low elevation of 297 feet, planes can take off or land at Guam International 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.
- In addition to being known as "Guam International Airport", another name for GUM is "Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport".
- Since all flights require customs or immigration inspection, the airport's post-security concourse and gate area was not designed to separate arriving and departing passengers.
- Guam International Airport (GUM) has 2 runways.
- After the war, the USAAF used the airfield for fighter defense of the Marianas, until early 1947 and as a transport hub.
- The furthest airport from Guam International Airport (GUM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Guam International Airport (meaning Guam International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,223 miles (19,671 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- The USCBP also conducts a pre-clearance of nonstop passengers bound for Honolulu.
- For a comprehensive list of all accidents relating to Guam, visit the Aviation Safety Network database by linking to it from the external links section below.
- Several fatal accidents have occurred on and near Guam over the years.
- The closest airport to Guam International Airport (GUM) is Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NE of GUM.
- Guam International Airport handled 2,807,205 passengers last year.
Facts about Avalon Airport (AVV):
- The airport was opened in 1953, to cater for the production of military aircraft.
- In 1985 the Government Aircraft Factories changed its name to Aerospace Technologies of Australia.
- Because of Avalon Airport's relatively low elevation of 115 feet, planes can take off or land at Avalon 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 Avalon Airport (AVV) is Geelong Airport (GEX), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) SE of AVV.
- The first scheduled passenger flights out of the airport were operated by Hazelton Airlines, who commenced flights between Avalon Airport and Sydney in February 1995.
- In addition to being known as "Avalon Airport", another name for AVV is "Melbourne/Avalon".
- The furthest airport from Avalon Airport (AVV) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Avalon Airport (meaning Avalon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,165 miles (19,578 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- In July 2011, the Civil Aviation Authority grounded all Tiger flights for 5 days, after a series of breaches by the airline, including a flight from Sydney to Avalon Airport where it flew too close to the terminal building as it approached the runway.
- In 1997, the Australian Commonwealth government through the Department of Defence, granted Linfox a 50 year plus a 49 year option lease of the airport.
- Avalon Airport can accommodate two Boeing 747 or two Boeing 787s on the Eastern Apron.
- Avalon Airport (AVV) currently has only 1 runway.