Nonstop flight route between Agana, Guam and Dorado, Puerto Rico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam and Dorado Airport (DDP), Dorado, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,367 miles (or 15,075 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 Andersen Air Force Base and Dorado 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 Andersen Air Force Base and Dorado Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• Andersen AFB was established in 1944 as North Field and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
• 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.
• 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.
• After the war, B-29s from North Field dropped food and supplies to Allied prisoners and participated in several show-of-force missions over Japan.
• With the start of Operation Arc Light in June 1965, B-52s and KC-135s began regular bombing missions over Vietnam, and continued in that capacity until 1973, with a break between August 1970 and early 1972.
• Guam was considered as being ideal to establish air bases to launch B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands.
• The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
• The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Thirteenth Air Force.

Facts about Dorado Airport (DDP):

• Much later on, a large airline named Caribair, began flights there.
• The closest airport to Dorado Airport (DDP) is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of DDP.
• Dorado Airport or Dorado Beach Airport was a small single runway airport in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
• The furthest airport from Dorado Airport (DDP) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Dorado Airport (meaning Dorado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,237 miles (19,694 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dorado Airport (DDP) currently has only 1 runway.