Nonstop flight route between Long Apung, Indonesia and Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Long Apung Airport (LPU), Long Apung, Indonesia and Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,329 miles (or 10,186 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 Long Apung 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 Long Apung 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 Long Apung Airport (LPU):

• Long Apung Airport (LPU) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Long Apung Airport", another name for LPU is "WALP".
• The closest airport to Long Apung Airport (LPU) is Datadawai Airport (DTD), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SSW of LPU.
• The furthest airport from Long Apung Airport (LPU) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is nearly antipodal to Long Apung Airport (meaning Long Apung Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tefé Airport), and is located 12,319 miles (19,826 kilometers) away in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.

Facts about Ladd Army Airfield (FBK):

• Reflecting the need to insure aircraft bound for the Soviet Union were prepared for the flight to Galena and Nome, prior to flying across the Bering Straits to Siberia, Ladd AAF the Alaska Air Depot of XI AF Service Command was activated on 8 July 1942.
• In addition to being known as "Ladd Army Airfield", another name for FBK is "(Ladd Air Force Base)".
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• The closest airport to Ladd Army Airfield (FBK) is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of FBK.
• 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.
• By the end of the war, 7,926 aircraft were ferried though Ladd Field.
• Ice fog became a problem for airplanes landing at the field.
• 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.
• Ladd was not exclusively an Air Force site.