Nonstop flight route between Rurrenabaque, Bolivia and Fairbanks, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ), Rurrenabaque, Bolivia and Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), Fairbanks, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,840 miles (or 11,008 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 Rurrenabaque Airport and Fairbanks 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 Rurrenabaque Airport and Fairbanks 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 Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ):

• Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ) has 2 runways.
• Because of Rurrenabaque Airport's relatively low elevation of 898 feet, planes can take off or land at Rurrenabaque 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.
• The closest airport to Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ) is Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia Airport (SRJ), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) ESE of RBQ.
• The furthest airport from Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ) is Phu Cat Airport (UIH), which is nearly antipodal to Rurrenabaque Airport (meaning Rurrenabaque Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Phu Cat Airport), and is located 12,203 miles (19,638 kilometers) away in Qui Nhơn, Binh Dinh, Vietnam.

Facts about Fairbanks International Airport (FAI):

• Because of Fairbanks International Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at Fairbanks 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.
• The furthest airport from Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,289 miles (16,558 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) has 4 runways.
• In September 2013 there were two incidents of vehicular trespass onto its taxiway and runways, by users unknowingly following Apple Map's errant directions to Fairbanks International Airport.
• Pan Am eventually used Fairbanks as a stopover for transpacific service from New York and Seattle to Tokyo starting in September 1969.
• On October 11, 2009, the airport constructed a new terminal and demolished the old terminal which was built in 1948.
• Fairbanks International Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Fairbanks, a city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of the U.S.
• The closest airport to Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) is Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) ENE of FAI.