Nonstop flight route between Pullman, Washington (near Moscow, Idaho), United States and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW), Pullman, Washington (near Moscow, Idaho), United States and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,906 miles (or 9,506 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 Pullman-Moscow 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 Pullman-Moscow Regional 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 Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW):

• The public airport shares the runway with a fixed base operator, Interstate Aviation, which conducts chartered air service.
• The rural airport in the Palouse region is the primary air link for its two land-grant universities, Washington State University in Pullman and the University of Idaho in Moscow.
• Seattle air traffic control, 250 miles west, manages commercial traffic for the airport.
• Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) currently has only 1 runway.
• Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport is a public airport located in Whitman County in the U.S.
• The furthest airport from Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,699 miles (17,219 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW) is Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) S of PUW.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• 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 saw a major change in 1989, when control transferred from the Strategic Air Command to Pacific Air Forces.
• The first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force.
• 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.
• After the end of World War II, Guam served as a collection point for surplus war goods that had accumulated in the Pacific Theater.
• Andersen saw an end to its role in rotational duties when the B-47 was phased out and replaced by the B-52 Stratofortress.
• 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.