Nonstop flight route between Kryvyi Rih (Krivoy Rog), Ukraine and Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport (KWG), Kryvyi Rih (Krivoy Rog), Ukraine and Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,637 miles (or 7,463 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 Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport and Ladd Army Airfield, 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 Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport and Ladd Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport (KWG):

• Because of Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport's relatively low elevation of 408 feet, planes can take off or land at Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) 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 "Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport", another name for KWG is ""Міжнародний аеропорт Кривий Ріг (Лозуватка)"".
• The closest airport to Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport (KWG) is Kremenchuk (Velyka Kokhnivka) Airport (KHU), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KWG.
• The furthest airport from Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport (KWG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,991 miles (17,688 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Kryvyi Rih (Lozovatka) International Airport (KWG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2004, revenues from the enterprise core and supporting activities amounted up to 1m hryvn.

Facts about Ladd Army Airfield (FBK):

• Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ladd Army Airfield", another name for FBK is "(Ladd Air Force Base)".
• The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.
• When the Air Force was made a separate branch in 1947 the name was changed to Ladd Air Force Base.
• 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.
• Ferrying and Transport Units