Nonstop flight route between Bajawa, Indonesia and Wichita, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW), Bajawa, Indonesia and McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB), Wichita, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,325 miles (or 15,007 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 Bajawa Soa Airport and McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield, 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 Bajawa Soa Airport and McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW):

• In addition to being known as "Bajawa Soa Airport", other names for BJW include "Bandar Udara Soa" and "WATB".
• The furthest airport from Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is nearly antipodal to Bajawa Soa Airport (meaning Bajawa Soa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ogle Airport), and is located 12,293 miles (19,784 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Guyana.
• Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bajawa Soa Airport (BJW) is H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) ESE of BJW.
• Because of Bajawa Soa Airport's high elevation of 4,326 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BJW. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BJW a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB):

• However, the name was changed to McConnell Air Force Base after less than a year in honor of Wichita brothers Fred and Thomas McConnell, both Air Force pilots and World War II veterans.
• The furthest airport from McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,740 miles (17,285 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On 1 August 1967, the 4519th Combat Crew Training squadron was added to the 23 TFW, and the 560 TFS was inactivated on 25 September 1968.
• On 11 October 1946, the 4156th AAF Base Unit was ordered to cease operations by the 30th of the month.
• In spite of the difficulty of building an installation and initiating an entirely new program simultaneously, the base developed into a highly specialized training center.
• The closest airport to McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB) is Cessna Aircraft Field (CEA), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) NNE of IAB.
• In addition to being known as "McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield", another name for IAB is "McConnell AFB".