Nonstop flight route between Agana, Guam and Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam and Ozark Regional Airport (WMH), Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,352 miles (or 11,832 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 Ozark Regional 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 Ozark Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UAM / PGUA |
| Airport Name: | Andersen Air Force Base |
| Location: | Agana, Guam |
| GPS Coordinates: | 13°34'51"N by 144°55'27"E |
| View all routes: | Routes from UAM |
| More Information: | UAM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WMH / KBPK |
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| Location: | Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°22'8"N by 92°28'14"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Baxter County Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 928 feet (283 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WMH |
| More Information: | WMH Maps & Info |
Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):
- Andersen Air Force Base was established on 3 December 1944 and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
- 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 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.
- Andersen AFB was established in 1944 as North Field and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
- In October 1949, the 19th Wing again became subordinated to the 20th Air Force and the remaining units in the Marianas and Bonin Islands were transferred to other organizations.
- Additionally, the 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the Pacific Air Forces, along with its F-86s, was stationed at Andersen from August 1956 until it was inactivated in March 1960.
- After the end of World War II, Guam served as a collection point for surplus war goods that had accumulated in the Pacific Theater.
- However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
- The base saw a major change in 1989, when control transferred from the Strategic Air Command to Pacific Air Forces.
Facts about Ozark Regional Airport (WMH):
- The furthest airport from Ozark Regional Airport (WMH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,875 miles (17,502 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Ozark Regional Airport (WMH) is Marion County Regional Airport (FLP), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) SW of WMH.
- In addition to being known as "Ozark Regional Airport", other names for WMH include "Baxter County Airport" and "BPK".
- Because of Ozark Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 928 feet, planes can take off or land at Ozark Regional 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.
- Ozark Regional Airport (WMH) currently has only 1 runway.
- This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
