Aleutian Island airports?

In a previous article, "S Narayan" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
mysql select * from waypoint where type = 'AIRPORT' and state = 'AK'
and
longitude -150 order by longitude;


Adak is at long -176.6460306, is open to the public and has a very nice,
modern airport.
http://www.alaska.net/~vwadak/airport.html

-173 is further west than -176.


How did you arrive at that conclusion? Assuming -180 (W) = +180 (E) =
International date line.

Actually Adak is at +176.6460306 and Casco Cove is at -173. But even if
Adak was at -176 and Casco Cove was at -173 in my coordinate system (W is
positive), Casco would still be further west than Adak.

However, no matter how you slice it, if you're at Adak and you want to get
to Casco Cove, you go west. Look at a globe.


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