Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Kasama, Zambia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Kasama Airport (KAA), Kasama, Zambia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,821 miles (or 15,805 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 Beale Air Force Base and Kasama 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 Beale Air Force Base and Kasama Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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| Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
| More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KAA / FLKS |
| Airport Name: | Kasama Airport |
| Location: | Kasama, Zambia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°13'0"S by 31°7'59"E |
| Area Served: | Kasama |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4542 feet (1,384 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KAA |
| More Information: | KAA Maps & Info |
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- On 30 January 1959, the Air Force announced plans to conduct surveys in the vicinity of Beale to determine the feasibility for missile bases.
- Camp Beale also housed a German POW camp, and served as the main camp for a series of satellite POW camps around northern California.
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- The 940th Wing is a Reconnaissance, Command & Control and Intelligence unit assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve.
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- The 456th BW was inactivated on 30 September 1975, and its equipment and personnel were redesignated as the 17th Bombardment Wing, Heavy when the senior unit was inactivated at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Facts about Kasama Airport (KAA):
- The closest airport to Kasama Airport (KAA) is Mbala Airport (MMQ), which is located 95 miles (153 kilometers) N of KAA.
- Because of Kasama Airport's high elevation of 4,542 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KAA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KAA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Kasama Airport (KAA) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,662 miles (18,767 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- Kasama Airport (KAA) has 2 runways.
