Nonstop flight route between Leknes, Norway and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leknes Airport (LKN), Leknes, Norway and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,301 miles (or 10,140 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 Leknes Airport and Andersen 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 Leknes Airport and Andersen 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 Leknes Airport (LKN):

• Leknes Airport (LKN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Leknes Airport handled 96,593 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Leknes Airport (LKN) is Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) ENE of LKN.
• The furthest airport from Leknes Airport (LKN) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,718 miles (17,249 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Avinor is planning building a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesterålen.
• Interior, waiting area
• Because of Leknes Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Leknes 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 "Leknes Airport", another name for LKN is "Leknes lufthavn".

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• The base saw a major change in 1989, when control transferred from the Strategic Air Command to Pacific Air Forces.
• In October 1949, the 19th Wing again became subordinated to the 20th Air Force and the remaining units in the Marianas and Bonin Islands were transferred to other organizations.
• The 19th Bombardment Wing was formed at North AFB in 1948 from the resources of the former North Guam Air Force Base Command.
• The furthest airport from Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Andersen Air Force Base (meaning Andersen Air Force Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
• Andersen saw an end to its role in rotational duties when the B-47 was phased out and replaced by the B-52 Stratofortress.
• The closest airport to Andersen Air Force Base (UAM) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SW of UAM.
• Three days after North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, the 19th Bomb Group deployed B-29s to Andersen to begin bombing targets throughout South Korea.
• The Japanese managed to contain the marines on two beachheads, but their counter-attack failed.