Nonstop flight route between Bandung, Indonesia and Anchorage, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO), Bandung, Indonesia and Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF), Anchorage, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,055 miles (or 11,353 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 Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) and Elmendorf Air Force Base, 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 Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) and Elmendorf Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO):

• In addition to being known as "Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA)", another name for BDO is "Bandar Udara Internasional Husein Sastranegara (HSA)".
• The Airport was built by Dutch settlers in the colonial period, in Andir village.
• The furthest airport from Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) is Los Colonizadores Airport (RVE), which is nearly antipodal to Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (meaning Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Los Colonizadores Airport), and is located 12,401 miles (19,957 kilometers) away in Saravena, Colombia.
• The closest airport to Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) SE of BDO.
• Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) handled 1,763,867 passengers last year.
• Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO) currently has only 1 runway.
• PT Angkasa Pura II, as the airport operator, had targeted at mid-year 2010, for the airport runway to be thickened from Pavement Classification Number 37 cm to PCN 52 cm, to accommodate larger narrowbody aircraft, such as Airbus A320 As of April 2011, the 2,250-metre-long runway overlay was less than 50-percent complete, although an Airbus A320.

Facts about Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF):

• The uncertain world situation in late 1940s and early 1950s caused a major buildup of air defense forces in Alaska.
• The furthest airport from Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,542 miles (16,965 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• In addition to being known as "Elmendorf Air Force Base", another name for EDF is "JB Elmendorf-Richardson".
• The closest airport to Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF) is Merrill Field (MRI), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of EDF.
• The Elmendorf AFB is a site of one of the now decommissioned FLR-9 Wullenweber-class antennas, a node of the now obsolete High Frequency SIGINT direction finding system.
• The first Air Force unit to be assigned to Alaska, the 18th Pursuit Squadron, arrived in February 1941.
• It is the home of the Headquarters, Alaskan Command, Alaskan NORAD Region, Joint Task Force-Alaska, Eleventh Air Force, the 673d Air Base Wing, the 3rd Wing, the 176th Wing and other Tenant Units.
• The Department of Defense proposed a major realignment of the base as part of the Base Realignment and Closure program announced on 13 May 2005.