Nonstop flight route between La Seu d'Urgell, Spain and Anchorage, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Seu d'Urgell airport (LEU), La Seu d'Urgell, Spain and Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,099 miles (or 8,206 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 La Seu d'Urgell airport and Elmendorf 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 La Seu d'Urgell airport and Elmendorf 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 La Seu d'Urgell airport (LEU):

• Because of La Seu d'Urgell airport's relatively low elevation of 3 feet, planes can take off or land at La Seu d'Urgell 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 La Seu d'Urgell airport (LEU) is Lleida–Alguaire Airport (ILD), which is located 62 miles (99 kilometers) SW of LEU.
• In addition to being known as "La Seu d'Urgell airport", other names for LEU include "Aeroport de la Seu d'Urgell" and "Aeroport Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgell".
• The airport reopened on June 4, 2010.
• The airport opened in 1982 but was closed to commercial traffic in 1984 and was used only by private aeroplanes until 2008, when the airport was purchased by the Catalan government and closed pending its redevelopment and reopening as a commercial airport.
• La Seu d'Urgell airport (LEU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from La Seu d'Urgell airport (LEU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to La Seu d'Urgell airport (meaning La Seu d'Urgell airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,289 miles (19,777 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF):

• In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".
• The first Air Force unit to be assigned to Alaska, the 18th Pursuit Squadron, arrived in February 1941.
• The furthest airport from Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,542 miles (16,965 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• On 28 July 2010, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft practicing for an upcoming airshow crashed into a wooded area within the base, killing all four air crew members.
• The 1980s witnessed a period of growth and modernization of Elmendorf AFB.
• The closest airport to Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Merrill Field (MRI), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of EDF.