Nonstop flight route between Barcelonnette / Saint-Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France and Kabul, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport (BAE), Barcelonnette / Saint-Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France and Kabul International Airport (KBL), Kabul, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,324 miles (or 5,350 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 Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport and Kabul 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 Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAE / LFMR | 
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| Location: | Barcelonnette / Saint-Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°23'13"N by 6°36'33"E | 
| Area Served: | Barcelonnette, France | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 3714 feet (1,132 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BAE | 
| More Information: | BAE Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KBL / OAKB | 
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| Location: | Kabul, Afghanistan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°33'56"N by 69°12'43"E | 
| Area Served: | Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan | 
| Airport Type: | Public / Military | 
| Elevation: | 5877 feet (1,791 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KBL | 
| More Information: | KBL Maps & Info | 
Facts about Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport (BAE):
- Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport (BAE) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The closest airport to Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport (BAE) is Cuneo International Airport (CUF), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) ENE of BAE.
 - The furthest airport from Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport (BAE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport (meaning Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,280 miles (19,762 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
 - In addition to being known as "Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport", another name for BAE is "Aéroport de Barcelonnette-Saint-Pons".
 
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KBL):
- Because of Kabul International Airport's high elevation of 5,877 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KBL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KBL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,919 miles (19,182 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
 - Kabul International Airport (KBL) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Bagram Airfield (OAI), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) N of KBL.
 - The sixth C-27 Spartan transport fixed wing aircraft arrives at the Afghan Air Force base at Kabul International Airport.
 - In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", another name for KBL is "میدان هوایی بین المللی کابل".
 - Kabul Airport was originally built in the early 1960s by Soviet engineers.
 
