Nonstop flight route between Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sumter, South Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Banja Luka International Airport (BNX), Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,948 miles (or 7,963 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 Banja Luka International Airport and Shaw 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 Banja Luka International Airport and Shaw 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: | BNX / LQBK |
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Location: | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°56'29"N by 17°17'50"E |
Area Served: | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Operator/Owner: | Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation (BHDCA) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 400 feet (122 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BNX |
More Information: | BNX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SSC / KSSC |
Airport Name: | Shaw Air Force Base |
Location: | Sumter, South Carolina, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°58'23"N by 80°28'22"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SSC |
More Information: | SSC Maps & Info |
Facts about Banja Luka International Airport (BNX):
- Number of passengers between Banjaluka and Belgrade
- The furthest airport from Banja Luka International Airport (BNX) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,754 miles (18,916 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Banja Luka International Airport (BNX) currently has only 1 runway.
- From 1999 to 2003, the airport served as the main hub of Air Srpska, which was the official flag carrier of Republika Srpska.
- The closest airport to Banja Luka International Airport (BNX) is Tuzla International Airport (TZL), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) ESE of BNX.
- In addition to being known as "Banja Luka International Airport", other names for BNX include "Međunarodni aerodrom Banja Luka", "Međunarodna zračna luka Banja Luka" and "Међународни аеродром Бања Лука".
- Because of Banja Luka International Airport's relatively low elevation of 400 feet, planes can take off or land at Banja Luka International 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 Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):
- The 20th FG was reassigned to Langley AFB, Virginia on 1 December 1951 in preparation for a permanent overseas deployment to RAF Wethersfield, England to support NATO.
- On March 23, 1953, the 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Group was activated at Shaw.
- The furthest airport from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,545 miles (18,580 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The group initially conducted training with two squadrons flying the Republic RF-84F "Thunderflash" and two squadrons Group, was a part of Strategic Air Command from July 1947 – May 1951, at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana as an Air Force Reserve corollary unit under the guidance of active duty units in order to train and maintain currency in reconnaissance operations for its reserve personnel.
- The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
- The 363rd Fighter Wing was inactivated at Shaw AFB on 31 December 1993, and the next day, 1 January 1994, the 20th Fighter Wing inactivated at RAF Upper Heyford and reactivated without personnel or equipment at Shaw AFB, returning to the base it had left for duty with NATO forty-one years earlier.
- For a brief time, Shaw Field also served as a prisoner-of-war camp.