Nonstop flight route between Inverin, Ireland and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Connemara Airport (NNR), Inverin, Ireland and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,577 miles (or 12,195 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 Connemara 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 Connemara 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 Connemara Airport (NNR):

• The furthest airport from Connemara Airport (NNR) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,986 miles (19,290 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Connemara Airport (NNR) is Inishmaan Aerodrome (IIA), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) SSW of NNR.
• Connemara Airport (NNR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Connemara Airport", other names for NNR include "Aerfort Chonamara", "Minna Airport" and "Aerfort na Minne".
• Because of Connemara Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Connemara 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):

• 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 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 host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Thirteenth Air Force.
• 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.
• After the end of World War II, Guam served as a collection point for surplus war goods that had accumulated in the Pacific Theater.
• 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 Japanese managed to contain the marines on two beachheads, but their counter-attack failed.