Nonstop flight route between Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Warsaw, Poland:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW), Warsaw, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,385 miles (or 8,666 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 Historic Centre of Warsaw, 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 Historic Centre of Warsaw. 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 addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• 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.
• Airships were still in use when field construction began, so Hangars One and Two were built large enough to accommodate them.
• 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.
• The 47th Bomb Wing was assigned to NATO and was reassigned first to Langley AFB in March 1951, then afterwards to RAF Sculthorpe, England, arriving in the UK on 1 May 1951.
• The 2d Bomb Wing was assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command on 1 February 2010.
• 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.

Facts about Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW):

• In 1945, after the bombing, the revolts, the fighting, and the demolition had ended, most of Warsaw lay in ruins.
• The closest airport to Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW) is Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SSW of WRW.
• The first fortified settlements on the site of today's Warsaw were Bródno and Jazdów.
• The furthest airport from Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,446 miles (18,420 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• After the German Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 began World War II, central Poland, including Warsaw, came under the rule of the General Government, a German Nazi colonial administration.
• Warsaw is known as the city of palaces, royal gardens and grand parks.
• Public spaces attract heavy investment, so that the city has gained entirely new squares, parks and monuments.