Nonstop flight route between Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from BAD to GGO:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- BAD Airport Information
- GGO Airport Information
- Facts about BAD
- Facts about GGO
- Map of Nearest Airports to BAD
- List of Nearest Airports to BAD
- Map of Furthest Airports from BAD
- List of Furthest Airports from BAD
- Map of Nearest Airports to GGO
- List of Nearest Airports to GGO
- Map of Furthest Airports from GGO
- List of Furthest Airports from GGO
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Guiglo Airport (GGO), Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,752 miles (or 9,257 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 Guiglo 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 Guiglo 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 |
Airport Names: |
|
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: | GGO / DIGL |
Airport Name: | Guiglo Airport |
Location: | Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°31'59"N by 7°31'30"W |
Area Served: | Guiglo |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 722 feet (220 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GGO |
More Information: | GGO Maps & Info |
Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):
- As early as 1924, the citizens of Shreveport became interested in hosting a military flying field.
- Due to budget reductions in the B-45 program, the air force planned to inactivate the 47th Bomb Wing and transfer its B-45s and personnel to Yokota AB, Japan so Far East Air Forces could benefit from the know-how gained by the 47th at Barksdale.
- 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 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.
- Units at Barksdale include the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force, the 2d Bomb Wing.
- In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
- The site was selected 5 December 1928, as the location of the airfield.
Facts about Guiglo Airport (GGO):
- The closest airport to Guiglo Airport (GGO) is Man Airport (MJC), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) N of GGO.
- Because of Guiglo Airport's relatively low elevation of 722 feet, planes can take off or land at Guiglo 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.
- Guiglo Airport (GGO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Guiglo Airport (GGO) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is nearly antipodal to Guiglo Airport (meaning Guiglo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arorae Island Airport), and is located 12,034 miles (19,367 kilometers) away in Arorae Island, Kiribati.