Nonstop flight route between Bengkulu, Indonesia and Olathe, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS), Bengkulu, Indonesia and New Century AirCenter (JCI), Olathe, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,789 miles (or 15,754 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 Fatmawati Soekarno Airport and New Century AirCenter, 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 Fatmawati Soekarno Airport and New Century AirCenter. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS):

• In addition to being known as "Fatmawati Soekarno Airport", another name for BKS is "Bandar Udara Fatmawati Soekarno".
• The furthest airport from Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS) is Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN), which is nearly antipodal to Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (meaning Fatmawati Soekarno Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gerardo Tobar López Airport), and is located 12,390 miles (19,940 kilometers) away in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
• Because of Fatmawati Soekarno Airport's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Fatmawati Soekarno 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.
• Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fatmawati Soekarno Airport (BKS) is Depati Parbo Airport (KRC), which is located 136 miles (220 kilometers) NNW of BKS.

Facts about New Century AirCenter (JCI):

• New Century AirCenter (JCI) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "New Century AirCenter", another name for JCI is "IXD".
• The closest airport to New Century AirCenter (JCI) is Johnson County Executive Airport (OJC), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) E of JCI.
• The base was featured in a segment on the A&E Network entitled “Haunted America” in which it is claimed the base is the site of paranormal activity after a Navy pilot crashed into an aircraft hangar next to the airport control tower in the 1950s.
• New Century AirCenter, formerly known as Naval Air Station Olathe, Flatley Field and Johnson County Industrial Airport, is a general aviation airport located four miles southwest of the central business district of Olathe, a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States.
• The furthest airport from New Century AirCenter (JCI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,743 miles (17,288 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.