Nonstop flight route between Tame, Arauca, Colombia and Anchorage, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME), Tame, Arauca, Colombia and Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,431 miles (or 8,741 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 Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport and Elmendorf 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 Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport and Elmendorf 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: | TME / SKTM |
Airport Name: | Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport |
Location: | Tame, Arauca, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°27'3"N by 71°45'34"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1050 feet (320 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TME |
More Information: | TME Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDF / PAED |
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Location: | Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 61°15'5"N by 149°48'23"W |
View all routes: | Routes from EDF |
More Information: | EDF Maps & Info |
Facts about Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME):
- The closest airport to Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME) is Los Colonizadores Airport (RVE), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NNW of TME.
- The furthest airport from Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME) is Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport (CBN), which is nearly antipodal to Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (meaning Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Penggung Airport/Chakrabhuwana Airport), and is located 12,407 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Cirebon, Java, Indonesia.
- Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport (TME) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF):
- In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".
- On 28 July 2010, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft practicing for an upcoming airshow crashed into a wooded area within the base, killing all four air crew members.
- Air defense forces reached their zenith in 1957 with almost 200 fighter aircraft assigned to six fighter interceptor squadrons located at Elmendorf AFB and Ladd AFB.
- The closest airport to Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Merrill Field (MRI), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of EDF.
- The Elmendorf AFB is a site of one of the now decommissioned FLR-9 Wullenweber-class antennas, a node of the now obsolete High Frequency SIGINT direction finding system.
- The furthest airport from Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,542 miles (16,965 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.