Nonstop flight route between Hagåtña, Guam and Boston, Massachusetts, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guam International Airport (GUM), Hagåtña, Guam and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Boston, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,959 miles (or 12,809 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 Boston Logan International 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 Boston Logan International 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: | BOS / KBOS |
| Airport Name: | Boston Logan International Airport |
| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°21'47"N by 71°0'23"W |
| Area Served: | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Operator/Owner: | Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 6 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BOS |
| More Information: | BOS Maps & Info |
Facts about Guam International Airport (GUM):
- The USCBP also conducts a pre-clearance of nonstop passengers bound for Honolulu.
- Guam International Airport (GUM) has 2 runways.
- Guam International Airport handled 2,807,205 passengers last year.
- 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.
- The original design is said to be compliant with security standards at the time of opening.
- 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Guam International Airport", another name for GUM is "Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport".
- The old terminal served as the corporate headquarters of Continental Micronesia until late 2010.
- Travel to Guam was restricted to military personnel with a security clearance until 1962.
- Since Guam is outside the United States customs jurisdiction, passengers from all arrival flights go through GCQA inspection.
Facts about Boston Logan International Airport (BOS):
- Logan has flights to the Azores and Cape Verde because they link Azores American and Cape Verdean American communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
- The Airbus A380 first landed at Logan Airport for compatibility checks on February 8, 2010.
- As of February 2011, Logan ranks 14th among major U.S.
- The era of the jumbo jet began at Logan in summer 1970 when Pan Am started daily Boeing 747s to London Heathrow Airport.
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) has 6 runways.
- The closest airport to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of BOS.
- In 2011, Logan Airport served an all-time high of 28,800,000 passengers, a 5% increase from 2010.
- Because of Boston Logan International Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Boston Logan 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.
- Boston's Hyatt Harborside Hotel, which sits only a few hundred yards from the runway threshold, was built primarily to prevent Massport from ever extending the length of 14/32 or using it for takeoffs or landings over the city.
- Boston Logan International Airport handled 3,021,863 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,767 miles (18,937 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
