[dblshot]

Valdez to Tokyo 3574 miles.

Valdez to Long Beach 7026 miles.

Flat maps make northern latitude distances look bigger than they are.

[thackney]

Where did you get that distance to Long Beach?

Try 2268 miles.

7,000 miles would put you in Boliva.

http://www.findlocalweather.com/how_far_is_it/ak/valdez.html

[Tallguy]

He’s right. Using Tokyo as a benchmark the distance to Japan is roughly 3600 miles. LA/Longbeach was rougly 1,000 miles less. I guess what threw me was looking at a Pacific map using Hawaii as the center. Northern landmasses look much closer.