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Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM) — also known as Guam International Airport — is an international airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, [5] three miles (4.8 km) east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the United States territory of Guam.
Geography of Guam. Guam is a U.S. territory in the western Pacific Ocean, at the boundary of the Philippine Sea. It is the southernmost and largest member of the Mariana Islands archipelago, which is itself the northernmost group of islands in Micronesia. The closest political entity is the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI ...
This is a list of airports in Guam (a U.S. territory), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Guam is 30.17 miles (48.55 kilometers) long and 4 to 12 miles (6 to 19 kilometers) wide. It has an area of 212 square miles (549 square kilometers). It is the 32nd largest island of the United States. It is the southernmost and largest island in the Mariana Islands, as well as the largest in Micronesia. [35]
Apra Harbor from the south, with Naval Base Guam on the Orote Peninsula in the foreground. Apra Harbor, also called Port Apra, [1] is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. It is considered one of the best natural ports in the Pacific Ocean. [2] The harbor is bounded by Cabras Island and the Glass ...
Cocos Island (Merizo), [1] the largest island off the coast of Guam and the southernmost beach on this list. Piga Beach (Merizo) [1] Bile Bay (Merizo) [1] Ajmo Beach (Merizo) [1] Nimitz Beach Park (Agat) [1] American forces push onto Agat Beach in the southwest during the 1944 Battle of Guam. Agat Beach (Agat), [1] NHRP-listed Agat Invasion ...
Extreme points of Guam. High: Mount Lamlam 406 m (1,332 ft) – 11,377 meters above Challenger Deep. Low: North Pacific Ocean 0 m. Land boundaries: none. Coastline: 125.5 km (78.0 mi) Population of Guam: 173,000 – 179th most populous country. Area of Guam: 541 km 2 (209 sq mi) Atlas of Guam.
This is a list of airports in the Caribbean, sorted by location. The following categories contain lists of all Caribbean airports with Wikipedia articles: Category:Airports in Anguilla. Category:Airports in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Some Caribbean airports without articles can be found in the following manually maintained lists: