Nonstop flight route between Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT), Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,436 miles (or 2,311 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 relatively short distance between Moises R. Espinosa Airport and Andersen Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT):

• Moises R. Espinosa Airport handled 44,068 passengers last year.
• A Zest Airways plane at Masbate Airport.
• The closest airport to Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) is Legazpi Airport (LGP), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) N of MBT.
• The furthest airport from Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Moises R. Espinosa Airport (meaning Moises R. Espinosa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Because of Moises R. Espinosa Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Moises R. Espinosa 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 "Moises R. Espinosa Airport", another name for MBT is "Paliparang Moises R. Espinosa".
• Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• 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.
• The first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force.
• 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 was also home to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Typhoon Chasers" during the 1960s through the 1980s.
• The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Thirteenth Air Force.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• The Japanese managed to contain the marines on two beachheads, but their counter-attack failed.
• Andersen AFB was established in 1944 as North Field and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
• 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 3rd Air Division was activated on 18 June in its place, its object being control of all SAC units in the Far East.