Nonstop flight route between Kribi, Cameroon and Agana, Guam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kribi Airport (KBI), Kribi, Cameroon and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,147 miles (or 14,720 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 Kribi 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 Kribi 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: | KBI / FKKB |
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Location: | Kribi, Cameroon |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°52'27"N by 9°58'37"E |
Area Served: | Kribi |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 52 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KBI |
More Information: | KBI 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 Kribi Airport (KBI):
- Kribi Airport (KBI) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Kribi Airport", another name for KBI is "Kribi Airport (Kribi)".
- The furthest airport from Kribi Airport (KBI) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Kribi Airport (meaning Kribi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,320 miles (19,828 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Kribi Airport (KBI) is Bata Airport (BSG), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) S of KBI.
- Because of Kribi Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Kribi 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 AFB was established in 1944 as North Field and is named for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen.
- Guam was considered as being ideal to establish air bases to launch B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands.
- 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.
- 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.
- With hostilities in Korea at a standstill, the 19th Bomb Wing headquarters relocated to Kadena Air Base, Japan in 1953, and was replaced by the 6319th Air Base Wing of the Far East Air Forces.
- After the end of World War II, Guam served as a collection point for surplus war goods that had accumulated in the Pacific Theater.
- 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.