Nonstop flight route between Glendale, Arizona, United States and Weno, Federated States of Micronesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), Glendale, Arizona, United States and Chuuk International Airport (TKK), Weno, Federated States of Micronesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,264 miles (or 10,080 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 Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field and Chuuk 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 Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field and Chuuk 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 Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF):

• F-84F's replaced the straight-winged earlier models in the original four squadrons by the end of 1956, giving the wing seven squadrons of twenty-one aircraft each, or about 150 aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Luke Air Force Base is an active-duty F-16 Fighting Falcon training base with 170 F-16s assigned.
• In addition to being known as "Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field", another name for LUF is "Luke AFB".
• Although continually modified during the war years, the course of advanced flight training at Luke averaged about 10 weeks and included both flight training and ground school.
• Luke Field, Oahu, Hawaii Territory was previously named in his honor.
• The closest airport to Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LUF.
• Since June 2012, Luke AFB has been the permanent home of Naval Operational Support Center Phoenix of the US Navy.
• Ground school, or classroom training for the advanced flying course, varied from about 100 to 130 hours and was intermingled with flight time in the aircraft.

Facts about Chuuk International Airport (TKK):

• Chuuk International Airport (TKK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Chuuk International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Chuuk International 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.
• The closest airport to Chuuk International Airport (TKK) is Pohnpei International Airport (PNI), which is located 438 miles (704 kilometers) E of TKK.
• The furthest airport from Chuuk International Airport (TKK) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is nearly antipodal to Chuuk International Airport (meaning Chuuk International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Governador Carlos Wilson Airport), and is located 12,052 miles (19,395 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.