Nonstop flight route between Bongor, Chad and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bongor Airport (OGR), Bongor, Chad and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,605 miles (or 13,848 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 Bongor 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 Bongor 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 Bongor Airport (OGR):

• The furthest airport from Bongor Airport (OGR) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Bongor Airport (meaning Bongor Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,191 miles (19,619 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• The closest airport to Bongor Airport (OGR) is Yagoua Airport (GXX), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) WNW of OGR.
• Bongor Airport (OGR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• Andersen Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles northeast of Yigo near Agafo Gumas in the United States territory of Guam.
• Andersen is one of four bomber forward operating locations in the US Air Force.
• 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 Japanese managed to contain the marines on two beachheads, but their counter-attack failed.
• 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.
• With hostilities in Korea at a standstill, the 19th Bomb Wing headquarters relocated to Kadena Air Base, Japan in 1953, and was replaced by the 6319th Air Base Wing of the Far East Air Forces.
• 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 base returned to routine operations by the late 1970s, but continued to serve as one of SAC's strategic locations.
• However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
• Andersen saw an end to its role in rotational duties when the B-47 was phased out and replaced by the B-52 Stratofortress.