Nonstop flight route between Trujillo, Peru and Barter Island, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), Trujillo, Peru and Barter Island LRRS Airport (BTI), Barter Island, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,168 miles (or 9,926 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 Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport and Barter Island LRRS 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 Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport and Barter Island LRRS Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU):

• Because of Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 106 feet, planes can take off or land at Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos 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 Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) is Hat Yai International Airport (HDY), which is nearly antipodal to Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (meaning Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hat Yai International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand.
• Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) is Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NNE of TRU.

Facts about Barter Island LRRS Airport (BTI):

• Barter Island LRRS Airport (BTI) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1998 Pacific Air Forces initiated "Operation Clean Sweep", in which abandoned Cold War stations in Alaska were remediated and the land restored to its previous state.
• Because of Barter Island LRRS Airport's relatively low elevation of 2 feet, planes can take off or land at Barter Island LRRS 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 Barter Island LRRS Airport (BTI) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,003 miles (16,099 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• The closest airport to Barter Island LRRS Airport (BTI) is Deadhorse Airport (SCC), which is located 115 miles (184 kilometers) W of BTI.
• In addition to being known as "Barter Island LRRS Airport", another name for BTI is "Barter Island LRRS BAR-MAIN".
• With the signing of the North American Air Defence Modernization agreement at the "Shamrock Summit" between Prime Minister Mulroney and President Reagan in Quebec City on 18 March 1985, the DEW Line began its eventual upgrading and transition becoming the North Warning System of today.