Nonstop flight route between Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Bouna, Côte d'Ivoire:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO), Bouna, Côte d'Ivoire would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,603 miles (or 9,017 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Bouna Tehini Airport, 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Bouna Tehini Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBM / KCBM |
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Location: | Columbus, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°38'38"N by 88°26'38"W |
View all routes: | Routes from CBM |
More Information: | CBM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BQO / DIBN |
Airport Name: | Bouna Tehini Airport |
Location: | Bouna, Côte d'Ivoire |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°15'20"N by 3°1'59"W |
Area Served: | Bouna |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1247 feet (380 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BQO |
More Information: | BQO Maps & Info |
Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):
- In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
- No one designated or suggested a name for the new base until 22 January 1942.
- The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
- About half the pilots in the Air Force today went through basic and primary flight training at Columbus AFB.
- Communist troops from North Korea violated South Korea's borders and fighting broke out in 1950.
- Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi is home of the 14th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
- The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Three years later, on 1 June 1972, Air Training Command discontinued the 3650th and activated the 14th Flying Training Wing in its place, assuming its equipment, personnel and mission.
Facts about Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO):
- The closest airport to Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO) is Gaoua Airport (XGA), which is located 78 miles (126 kilometers) N of BQO.
- Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Bouna Tehini Airport (meaning Bouna Tehini Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,276 miles (19,757 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.