Nonstop flight route between La Môle / Saint-Tropez, France and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT), La Môle / Saint-Tropez, France and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,716 miles (or 12,418 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 Môle – Saint-Tropez 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 La Môle – Saint-Tropez 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 La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT):

• La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport", another name for LTT is "Aéroport de La Môle – Saint-Tropez".
• The closest airport to La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT) is Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) WSW of LTT.
• The furthest airport from La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (meaning La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,284 miles (19,769 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport buildings comprise a terminal building with a floor area of 750 m² featuring a bar, a hangar of 1,200 m², a gas station for Avgas aviation fuel and a weather station.
• Because of La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at La Môle – Saint-Tropez 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.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• Andersen Air Force Base's origins begin on 7 December 1941 when Guam was attacked by the armed forces of Imperial Japan in the Battle of Guam three hours after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
• 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.
• However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
• The 3rd Air Division was activated on 18 June in its place, its object being control of all SAC units in the Far East.
• Flying out of Guam, S/Sgt Henry E Erwin of the 29th Bombardment Group was awarded the Medal of Honor for action that saved his B-29 during a mission over Koriyama, Japan, on 12 April 1945.
• In 1983, the 43rd completed its transition from the B-52D to the B-52G, and thus became one of only two SAC bomber wings equipped with the Harpoon anti-ship missile.
• The 19th Bombardment Wing was formed at North AFB in 1948 from the resources of the former North Guam Air Force Base Command.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• 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 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.