Nonstop flight route between Saltillo, Mexico and Fairbanks, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW), Saltillo, Mexico and Eielson Air Force Base (EIL), Fairbanks, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,380 miles (or 5,439 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 Plan de Guadalupe International Airport and Eielson 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 Plan de Guadalupe International Airport and Eielson Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SLW / MMIO |
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Location: | Saltillo, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°32'57"N by 100°55'42"W |
Area Served: | Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | Administradora Coahuilense de Infraestructura y Transporte Aéreo |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4778 feet (1,456 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SLW |
More Information: | SLW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EIL / PAEI |
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Location: | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°39'56"N by 147°6'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from EIL |
More Information: | EIL Maps & Info |
Facts about Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW):
- In addition to being known as "Plan de Guadalupe International Airport", another name for SLW is "Aeropuerto Internacional Plan de Guadalupe".
- The closest airport to Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) is General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) ENE of SLW.
- The furthest airport from Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,359 miles (18,281 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Plan de Guadalupe International Airport's high elevation of 4,778 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- This airport receives few flights a day due to its proximity to Monterrey's General Mariano Escobedo International Airport and Del Norte International Airport.
- On July 6, 2008, USA Jet Airlines flight 199, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15, crashed at 2:15 a.m.
- Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) has 2 runways.
Facts about Eielson Air Force Base (EIL):
- In addition to being known as "Eielson Air Force Base", another name for EIL is "Eielson AFB".
- Taken off deployment status in 2007 as a result of BRAC 2005, today the primary mission of the base is to support Red Flag-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S.
- A year later, however, Eielson moved from under the shadow of Ladd Field when the Alaskan Air Command assumed organizational control.
- The furthest airport from Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,295 miles (16,568 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- The closest airport to Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of EIL.
- Operational uses of Mile 26 were few.
- The Cold War seen the use of Eielson's expansive reservation as a maneuver area for the U.S.
- On 1 December 1947 Strategic Air Command B-29 Superfortress bombers arrived at 26-Mile Airfield with the deployment of the 97th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, from Smoky Hill AFB, Kansas.
- In July 1960, the Strategic Air Command stationed the 4157th Combat Support Group at Eielson.