Timeline of the second round-the-world attempt

Ric Gillespie, 3 March 2000 Forum. Names and political affiliations of destinations shown as of 1937. Distances in statute miles.

From	To	Departed	Arrived	Distance	Remarks
Oakland, California	Burbank, California	20 May	20 May	325
Burbank, California	Tucson, Arizona	21 May	21 May	450
Tucson, Arizona	New Orleans, Louisiana	22 May	22 May	1250
Tucson, Arizona	Miami, Florida	23 May	23 May	675	8 days layover, maintenance. From Oakland to Miami AE and Fred were accompanied by AE's husband, George Palmer Putnam, and her mechanic R.D. "Bo" McKneeley. Repairs following AE's aborted first world flight attempt in March had been completed on May 19 and this was a shakedown flight. It was not until they arived in Miami that the announcement was made that the second world flight attempt had actually begun. In Miami, Pan American Airways mechanics made necessary adjustments, then AE and Fred continued on alone. Window skinned over.
Miami, Florida	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1 June	1 June	1033
San Juan, Puerto Rico	Caripito, Venezuela	2 June	2 June	750
Caripito, Venezuela	Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana	3 June	3 June	667
Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana	Fortaleza, Brazil	4 June	4 June	1200	1 day layover; crew rest.
Fortaleza, Brazil	Natal, Brazil	6 June	6 June	268
Natal, Brazil	Saint-Louis, French Senegal	7 June	7 June	1961	Unscheduled--navigational difficulty.
Saint-Louis, French Senegal	Dakar, French Senegal	8 June	8 June	103	1 day layover for maintenance.
Dakar, French Senegal	Gao, French West Africa	10 June	10 June	1130
Gao, French West Africa	Fort-Lamy, French Equatorial Africa	11 June	11 June	989
Fort-Lamy, French Equatorial Africa	El Fasher, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	12 June	12 June	700
El Fasher, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	13 June	13 June	501	Refueled in Khartoum.
Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	Massawa, Italian Eritrea	13 June	13 June	450
Massawa, Italian Eritrea	Assab, Italian Eritrea	14 June	14 June	300	Confusion about AE's intentions resulted in an erroneous press report that she was overdue at Karachi. It was thought that she would fly non-stop from Massawa to Karachi, but she landed at Assab and stayed overnight instead.
Assab, Italian Eritrea	Karachi, India	15 June	15 June	1600	1 day layover for maintenance.
Karachi, India	Calcutta, India	17 June	17 June	1390	At this point in the flight AE anticipated that she would reach Lae on June 23 or 24, and be home by June 28.
Calcutta, India	Akyab, Burma	18 June	18 June	335
Akyab, Burma	Rangoon, Burma	19 June	19 June	306	For the first time in the flight, weather became a serious problem. Originally intending only to refuel at Akyab on 18 June, heavy rain forced them to abort their attempt to continue. Another attempt to reach Bangkok the next day (19 June) was cut short by severe weather and a landing was made at Rangoon.
Rangoon, Burma	Bangkok, Siam	20 June	20 June	300	Refueled in Bankok.
Bangkok, Siam	Singapore, British Crown Colony	20 June	20 June	904
Singapore, British Crown Colony	Bandoeng, Java, Dutch East Indies	21 June	21 June	560	2 days layover for maintenance.
Bandoeng, Java, Dutch East Indies	Soerabaja, Java, Dutch East Indies	24 June	24 June	355	Instrument malfunctions were addressed by mechanics of KLM East Indies Airlines. In a telephone conversation with her husband, AE said she still hoped to be home by July 4th.
Soerabaja, Java, Dutch East Indies	Bandoeng, Java, Dutch East Indies	25 June	25 June	355	Continued instrument difficulties forced a return to Bandoeng for additional repairs.
Bandoeng, Java, Dutch East Indies	Koepang, Timor, Dutch East Indies	27 June	27 June	1165	1 day layover for unscheduled maintenance.
Koepang, Timor, Dutch East Indies	Port Darwin, Australia	28 June	28 June	500
Port Darwin, Australia	Lae, Territory of New Guinea	29 June	29 June	1207	2 days layover to get weather reports and time check.
Lae, Territory of New Guinea	Howland Island, United States Territory	2 July		2556	This, the longest and most difficult leg of the flight. Arrival in Oakland by the 4th of July was now out of the question and Putnam would do well to get Amelia's planned book World Flight (ultimately to be titled Last Flight) published in time for the Christmas market. Line difficulties delayed Noonan's receipt of vital time checks needed to set his chronometer, and contrary winds prevented the heavily laden takeoff until the morning of July 2. A position report received at Lae later that day indicated that the flight was on course and on schedule. At Howland Island, the next morning, radio messages from the approaching flight placed it within roughly 100 miles, however, AE's attempts to use radio direction finding to locate the tiny island were unsuccessful. At noon the flight was declared overdue and presumed down.
Howland Island, United States Territory	Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii			1900
Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii	Oakland, California			2410

• Total miles planned: 28,595
• Total miles flown (Oakland to vicinity Howland Island): 24,285