Nonstop flight route between Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Bremen, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Bremen Airport (BRE), Bremen, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,928 miles (or 7,932 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 Barksdale Air Force Base and Bremen 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 Barksdale Air Force Base and Bremen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAD / KBAD |
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Location: | Bossier City, Louisiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°30'6"N by 93°39'46"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAD |
More Information: | BAD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRE / EDDW |
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Location: | Bremen, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°2'50"N by 8°47'12"E |
Area Served: | Bremen, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Bremen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRE |
More Information: | BRE Maps & Info |
Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):
- With the arrival of the 376th Bomb wing in October 1951, the decision was made to reassign the 91st.
- Barksdale Field was renamed Barksdale Air Force Base on 13 January 1948, with the designation of the United States Air Force as a separate service in 1947.
- In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
- Construction of Barksdale Field began in 1931, when hangars, runways, and billets were built.
- Airships were still in use when field construction began, so Hangars One and Two were built large enough to accommodate them.
- The closest airport to Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Shreveport Downtown Airport (DTN), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) WNW of BAD.
- The 2d Bomb Wing was assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command on 1 February 2010.
- The commander of the 2d Bomb Wing is Colonel Andrew Gebara.
- The furthest airport from Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,884 miles (17,516 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
Facts about Bremen Airport (BRE):
- Bremen Airport serves the city of Bremen, in Northern Germany.
- Because of Bremen Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Bremen 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 closest airport to Bremen Airport (BRE) is Bremerhaven Airport (BRV), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NNW of BRE.
- Bremen Airport (BRE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bremen Airport (BRE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,755 miles (18,918 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Bremen Airport", another name for BRE is "Flughafen Bremen".
- Bus2fly used to offer a coach service to and from Hamburg, scheduled to co-ordinate with Ryanair flights, however on 1 May 2014 the service was terminated.
- The United States Army took over the airport and the adjacent aircraft plant in 1945 for use as an airbase.
- The airport can be reached via motorway A1 and the yet only partly completed city motorway A281 which crosses the city of Bremen.