Nonstop flight route between Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada and Agana, Guam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Maniwaki Airport (YMW), Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,584 miles (or 12,205 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 Maniwaki 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 Maniwaki Airport and Andersen Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YMW / CYMW |
| Airport Name: | Maniwaki Airport |
| Location: | Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 46°16'22"N by 75°59'26"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Régie Intermunicipale l'Aprt Maniwaki |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 659 feet (201 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YMW |
| More Information: | YMW Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Maniwaki Airport (YMW):
- The closest airport to Maniwaki Airport (YMW) is Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (YND), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) SSE of YMW.
- Maniwaki Airport (YMW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Maniwaki Airport (YMW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,404 miles (18,353 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Maniwaki Airport's relatively low elevation of 659 feet, planes can take off or land at Maniwaki 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):
- 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.
- 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.
- However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
- B-29 Superfortress missions from North Field were attacks against strategic targets in Japan, initially operating in daylight and at high altitude to bomb factories, refineries, and other objectives.
- The frequent bombings resulted in a cease-fire in Vietnam, but the B-52s continued to fly missions over Cambodia and Laos until those were halted on 15 August 1973.
- 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.
- Andersen Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles northeast of Yigo near Agafo Gumas in the United States territory of Guam.
