Nonstop flight route between Agana, Guam and Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam and Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC), Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,496 miles (or 12,064 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 Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International 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 Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International 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):

• Guam was considered as being ideal to establish air bases to launch B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands.
• 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.
• At Andersen, the wing assumed responsibility for administering two active and one semi-active bases plus an assortment of communication, weather, radar, rescue and other facilities and units including the Marianas Air Material Area, a wing size unit.
• Andersen Air Force Base's origins begin on 7 December 1941 when Guam was attacked by the armed forces of Imperial Japan in the Battle of Guam three hours after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Japanese managed to contain the marines on two beachheads, but their counter-attack failed.

Facts about Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC):

• Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport is an international airport located at Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico.
• According to official statistics provided by Administradora Mexiquense del Aeropuerto Internacional de Toluca in 2012, the airport handled 972,414 passengers and 1,161,064 passengers in 2013.
• The closest airport to Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) is Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) ENE of TLC.
• Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport's high elevation of 8,466 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TLC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TLC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport", another name for TLC is "Aeropuerto Internacional Lic. Adolfo López Mateos".
• The furthest airport from Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,325 miles (18,226 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.