Nonstop flight route between Piura, Peru and Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), Piura, Peru and Bezmer Air Base (JAM), Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,324 miles (or 11,787 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 Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport and Bezmer Air 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 Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport and Bezmer Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIU / SPUR |
Airport Name: | Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport |
Location: | Piura, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°12'0"S by 80°37'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | ADP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 174 feet (53 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIU |
More Information: | PIU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAM / |
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Location: | Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°27'16"N by 26°21'7"E |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 509 feet (155 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JAM |
More Information: | JAM Maps & Info |
Facts about Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU):
- Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) is Penang International Airport (PEN), which is nearly antipodal to Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (meaning Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Penang International Airport), and is located 12,375 miles (19,916 kilometers) away in Penang, Malaysia.
- The closest airport to Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) is Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of PIU.
- Because of Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport's relatively low elevation of 174 feet, planes can take off or land at Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico 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 Bezmer Air Base (JAM):
- In addition to being known as "Bezmer Air Base", another name for JAM is "LBIA".
- Bezmer Air Base is an air base for the Bulgarian Air Force.
- The Bezmer Air Base is among the joint US-Bulgarian military bases established according to the 2006 Defense Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Bulgaria.
- Because of Bezmer Air Base's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Bezmer Air Base 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.
- The closest airport to Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Stara Zagora Airport (SZR), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) W of JAM.
- The strategic location and particularly favorable weather conditions of the area was appreciated already during World War I, when the Imperial German Air Service built in Yambol a base for zeppelins used for reconnaissance and bombing missions to Romania, Russia, Sudan and Malta.
- The furthest airport from Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,287 miles (18,164 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Bezmer Air Base (JAM) currently has only 1 runway.
- Aircraft and personnel from Bezmer have recently been participating in a number of joint military exercises including the PfP "Cooperative Key" in Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and France, ‘Immediate Response 2005’ and the Bulgarian-American-Romanian "Immediate Response 2006".