Nonstop flight route between Alcantara, Romblon, Philippines and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tugdan Airport (TBH), Alcantara, Romblon, Philippines and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,540 miles (or 2,478 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 relatively short distance between Tugdan Airport and Andersen Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Tugdan Airport (TBH):

• Tugdan Airport handled 17,050 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Tugdan Airport (TBH) is Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (MPH), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of TBH.
• In addition to being known as "Tugdan Airport", another name for TBH is "Paliparan ng TugdanPaluparan it Tugdan".
• Tugdan Airport (TBH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Tugdan Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Tugdan 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 Tugdan Airport (TBH) is Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), which is nearly antipodal to Tugdan Airport (meaning Tugdan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport), and is located 12,362 miles (19,894 kilometers) away in Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• Additionally, the 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the Pacific Air Forces, along with its F-86s, was stationed at Andersen from August 1956 until it was inactivated in March 1960.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
• Operation Linebacker II continued the mission of Operation Arc Light, and was most notable for its 11-day bombing campaign between 18 and 29 December 1972, in which more than 150 B-52 bombers flew 729 sorties in 11 days.
• Flying out of Guam, S/Sgt Henry E Erwin of the 29th Bombardment Group was awarded the Medal of Honor for action that saved his B-29 during a mission over Koriyama, Japan, on 12 April 1945.
• 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.
• 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.