Nonstop flight route between Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina and Kandahar, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL), Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,084 miles (or 14,619 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 Paso de los Libres Airport and Kabul International 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 Paso de los Libres Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL):

• Because of Paso de los Libres Airport's relatively low elevation of 230 feet, planes can take off or land at Paso de los Libres 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.
• The furthest airport from Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is nearly antipodal to Paso de los Libres Airport (meaning Paso de los Libres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport), and is located 12,403 miles (19,961 kilometers) away in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
• The closest airport to Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL) is Ruben Berta International Airport (URG), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SE of AOL.
• Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Paso de los Libres Airport", another name for AOL is "Aeropuerto de Paso de los Libres".

Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):

• The 159th Combat Aviation Brigade became the main U.S.
• The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
• Fighting in the Kandahar area was particularly intense.
• The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
• The deployments in February 2006 brought Task Force Afghanistan in Kandahar to about 2,250 personnel.
• The airport was mostly used at this time for military and humanitarian purposes, hosting regular flights of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to and from Kabul, Jalalabad, Herat and Peshawar.