Nonstop flight route between Port Protection, Alaska, United States and Hagåtña, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV), Port Protection, Alaska, United States and Guam International Airport (GUM), Hagåtña, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,124 miles (or 8,247 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 Port Protection Seaplane Base and Guam International Airport, 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 Port Protection Seaplane Base and Guam International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV):

• The furthest airport from Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,611 miles (17,077 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Port Protection Seaplane Base", another name for PPV is "19P".
• Because of Port Protection Seaplane Base's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Protection Seaplane Base 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.
• The closest airport to Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV) is Point Baker Seaplane Base (KPB), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) NNW of PPV.

Facts about Guam International Airport (GUM):

• The closest airport to Guam International Airport (GUM) is Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NE of GUM.
• The furthest airport from Guam International Airport (GUM) is Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho) (SSA), which is nearly antipodal to Guam International Airport (meaning Guam International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (2 de Julho)), and is located 12,223 miles (19,671 kilometers) away in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
• A new passenger terminal building was opened in 1982, and the current, much larger terminal building was opened in phases between 1996 and 1998.
• In addition to being known as "Guam International Airport", another name for GUM is "Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport".
• Several fatal accidents have occurred on and near Guam over the years.
• Guam International Airport (GUM) has 2 runways.
• Because of Guam International Airport's relatively low elevation of 297 feet, planes can take off or land at Guam International 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.
• Guam International Airport handled 2,807,205 passengers last year.
• After the war, the USAAF used the airfield for fighter defense of the Marianas, until early 1947 and as a transport hub.
• Japan Airlines opened a flight crew training center at GUM in October 2013.
• The USCBP also conducts a pre-clearance of nonstop passengers bound for Honolulu.