Nonstop flight route between Shemya, Alaska, United States and Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eareckson Air Station (SYA), Shemya, Alaska, United States and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,207 miles (or 14,817 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 Eareckson Air Station and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella 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 Eareckson Air Station and Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella 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 Eareckson Air Station (SYA):

• A second attack by B-24 Liberators was launched from Alexai Point and Shemya on 18 July.
• Jurisdiction of Shemya AFB was transferred from the Aerospace Defense Command to the Strategic Air Command when the former was inactivated on 1 October 1979.
• In addition to being known as "Eareckson Air Station", other names for SYA include "Shemya Air Force Base", "Shemya Army Airfield" and "  ".
• By the end of 1944, several hundred American airmen had been interned by the Russians after their crippled aircraft landed on Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
• Because of Eareckson Air Station's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at Eareckson Air Station 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 Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (ATU), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) WNW of SYA.
• On 6 April 1993, Shemya Air Force Base was renamed Eareckson Air Station.
• Eareckson Air Station (SYA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Eareckson Air Station (SYA) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,668 miles (17,168 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• In 1958, the Air Force resumed operations on Shemya in support of various Air Force and Army strategic intelligence collection activities.

Facts about Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR):

• In addition to being known as "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport", another name for COR is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Córdoba "Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella"".
• The closest airport to Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) is La Cumbre Airport (LCM), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) NW of COR.
• Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) has 2 runways.
• The construction of a second and third floor began in 2000, designed by prominent local architect Mario Roberto Álvarez.
• The furthest airport from Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR) is Anqing Tianzhushan Airport (AQG), which is nearly antipodal to Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (meaning Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Anqing Tianzhushan Airport), and is located 12,347 miles (19,870 kilometers) away in Anqing, Anhui, China.
• The airport had been a jetport for a long time, but it had been lacking the size to receive larger numbers of passengers until Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, a private company that operates several airports in Argentina, decided to give internal Argentine airports more money so that they could expand and lure more airlines.