Nonstop flight route between Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Totness, Coronie, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Totness Airstrip (TOT), Totness, Coronie, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,025 miles (or 4,868 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 Totness Airstrip, 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 Totness Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• 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 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.
• Barksdale AFB was established in 1932 as Barksdale Field and is named for World War I aviator and test pilot Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale.
• In the postwar year of the 1940s, Barksdale then became headquarters for the Air Training Command from 1945 to 1949.
• Airships were still in use when field construction began, so Hangars One and Two were built large enough to accommodate them.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• 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 site was selected 5 December 1928, as the location of the airfield.
• Barksdale is one of two remaining bases with assigned B-52 aircraft, all H models.

Facts about Totness Airstrip (TOT):

• The furthest airport from Totness Airstrip (TOT) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Totness Airstrip (meaning Totness Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Totness Airstrip (TOT) is Wageningen Airstrip (AGI), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) WSW of TOT.