Nonstop flight route between Agana, Guam and Kumasi, Ghana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam and Kumasi Airport (KMS), Kumasi, Ghana would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,746 miles (or 15,684 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 Kumasi 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 Kumasi 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):

• 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.
• When the Communist forces overran South Vietnam later in 1975, the base provided emergency relief and shelter for thousands of Vietnamese evacuees as a part of Operation New Life.
• In 1951, the Strategic Air Command chose several overseas bases to support rotational unit deployments of its bombers from stateside bases, starting with B-29 Superfortress units and later including Convair B-36, B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress bombers, and KB-29 refueling tankers.
• 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 first host unit at North Field was the 314th Bombardment Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force.
• Andersen saw an end to its role in rotational duties when the B-47 was phased out and replaced by the B-52 Stratofortress.
• Andersen AFB was established in 1944 as North Field and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.

Facts about Kumasi Airport (KMS):

• The Airport is currently undergoing rehabilitation to become an International Airport.
• The furthest airport from Kumasi Airport (KMS) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Kumasi Airport (meaning Kumasi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,301 miles (19,796 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• The closest airport to Kumasi Airport (KMS) is Sunyani Airport (NYI), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) NW of KMS.
• Because of Kumasi Airport's relatively low elevation of 942 feet, planes can take off or land at Kumasi 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.
• Kumasi Airport (KMS) currently has only 1 runway.