Nonstop flight route between Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Tianjin, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN), Tianjin, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,103 miles (or 11,432 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 Tianjin Binhai 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 Barksdale Air Force Base and Tianjin Binhai 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 Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• In the postwar year of the 1940s, Barksdale then became headquarters for the Air Training Command from 1945 to 1949.
• With the arrival of the 376th Bomb wing in October 1951, the decision was made to reassign the 91st.
• 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 name of the airfield was changed to Barksdale Air Force Base on 13 February 1948, concurrent with the establishment of the United States Air Force as a separate military branch.
• During World War II, the airfield trained replacement crews and entire units between 1942 and 1945.
• The site was selected 5 December 1928, as the location of the airfield.
• The commander of the 2d Bomb Wing is Colonel Andrew Gebara.
• 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.

Facts about Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN):

• The airport is also the site of the Airbus A320 final assembly line which started operations in 2008.
• It is the hub airport for Tianjin Airlines, established in 2004, and privately owned Okay Airways.
• Tianjin Binhai International Airport handled 8,139,988 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN) is Comandante Espora Airport (BHI), which is nearly antipodal to Tianjin Binhai International Airport (meaning Tianjin Binhai International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Comandante Espora Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
• Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN) has 2 runways.
• The expansion, with a total investment of nearly 3 billion yuan widened the runway to 75 meters from 50 meters and lengthened it to 3,600 meters.
• The closest airport to Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN) is Tangshan Sannühe Airport (TVS), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) NE of TSN.
• Because of Tianjin Binhai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Tianjin Binhai International 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.
• In addition to being known as "Tianjin Binhai International Airport", other names for TSN include "天津滨海国际机场" and "Tiānjīn Bīnhăi Guójì Jīchǎng".