Nonstop flight route between Nyagan, Tyumen Oblast, Russia and Agana, Guam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Nyagan Airport (NYA), Nyagan, Tyumen Oblast, Russia and Andersen Air Force Base (UAM), Agana, Guam would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,046 miles (or 8,120 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 Nyagan 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 Nyagan 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: | NYA / USHN |
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Location: | Nyagan, Tyumen Oblast, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 62°6'35"N by 65°36'53"E |
Area Served: | Nyagan |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 361 feet (110 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NYA |
More Information: | NYA 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 Nyagan Airport (NYA):
- Nyagan Airport (NYA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Nyagan Airport (NYA) is Sovetsky Tyumenskaya (OVS), which is located 85 miles (137 kilometers) SW of NYA.
- The furthest airport from Nyagan Airport (NYA) is Presidente Carlos Ibáñez International Airport (PUQ), which is located 10,744 miles (17,291 kilometers) away in Punta Arenas, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Nyagan Airport", another name for NYA is "Аэропорт Нягань".
- Because of Nyagan Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Nyagan 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):
- Guam was considered as being ideal to establish air bases to launch B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands.
- 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.
- The Strategic Air Command continued its 90-day unit rotational training program, and began to take over control over the base from the FEAF.
- 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.
- However, the FEAF Bomber Command was inactivated in 1954 and its three B-29 wings returned stateside and replaced with B-47s.
- 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 was also home to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Typhoon Chasers" during the 1960s through the 1980s.