Nonstop flight route between Monroe, Louisiana, United States and Agana, Guam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Monroe Regional Airport (MLU), Monroe, Louisiana, United States and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,511 miles (or 12,087 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 Monroe Regional 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 Monroe Regional Airport and Andersen Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MLU / KMLU |
Airport Name: | Monroe Regional Airport |
Location: | Monroe, Louisiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°30'38"N by 92°2'16"W |
Area Served: | Monroe, Louisiana |
Operator/Owner: | City of Monroe |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 79 feet (24 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from MLU |
More Information: | MLU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UAM / PGUA |
Airport Name: | Andersen Air Force Base |
Location: | Agana, Guam |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°34'51"N by 144°55'27"E |
View all routes: | Routes from UAM |
More Information: | UAM Maps & Info |
Facts about Monroe Regional Airport (MLU):
- In 2009 Lincoln Builders of Ruston started construction on a new nearly 60,000-square-foot terminal, which was completed in mid-2011.
- Monroe Regional Airport (MLU) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Monroe Regional Airport (MLU) is Ruston Regional Airport (RSN), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) W of MLU.
- The furthest airport from Monroe Regional Airport (MLU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,924 miles (17,581 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Southern Airways served Monroe with Douglas DC-9-10 jet flights to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Memphis, Chicago, Orlando and other destinations.
- It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.
- Because of Monroe Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Monroe Regional 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):
- However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
- 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.
- In support of Operation Arc Light, SAC activated the 4133rd Bombardment Wing on 1 February 1966, though the 3960th Strategic Wing, originally activated in 1955 as the 3960th Air Base Wing, continued as the base's host wing until it was inactivated and replaced by the 43rd Strategic Wing on 1 April 1970.
- 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.
- The first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force.
- At Andersen, the wing assumed responsibility for administering two active and one semi-active bases plus an assortment of communication, weather, radar, rescue and other facilities and units including the Marianas Air Material Area, a wing size unit.