Nonstop flight route between Yurimaguas, Peru and Agana, Guam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS), Yurimaguas, Peru and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,596 miles (or 15,443 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 Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport and Andersen Air Force Base, 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 Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport and Andersen Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS):

• The furthest airport from Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS) is Kerteh Airport (KTE), which is nearly antipodal to Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (meaning Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kerteh Airport), and is located 12,341 miles (19,861 kilometers) away in Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia.
• The closest airport to Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS) is Juanjuí Airport (JJI), which is located 98 miles (157 kilometers) SSW of YMS.
• In addition to being known as "Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport", another name for YMS is "Aeropuerto Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo".
• Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport's relatively low elevation of 587 feet, planes can take off or land at Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo 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.

Facts about Andersen Air Force Base (UAM):

• Andersen is one of four bomber forward operating locations in the US Air Force.
• Andersen AFB was established in 1944 as North Field 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.
• Three days after North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, the 19th Bomb Group deployed B-29s to Andersen to begin bombing targets throughout South Korea.
• 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.
• 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 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 Japanese managed to contain the marines on two beachheads, but their counter-attack failed.
• The 19th Bombardment Wing was formed at North AFB in 1948 from the resources of the former North Guam Air Force Base Command.
• 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.