Nonstop flight route between Bukoba, Tanzania and San Bernardino, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bukoba Airport (BKZ), Bukoba, Tanzania and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,418 miles (or 15,157 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 Bukoba Airport and Norton 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 Bukoba Airport and Norton Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BKZ / HTBU |
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Location: | Bukoba, Tanzania |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°19'55"S by 31°49'15"E |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3766 feet (1,148 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BKZ |
More Information: | BKZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBD / |
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Location: | San Bernardino, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'43"N by 117°14'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SBD |
More Information: | SBD Maps & Info |
Facts about Bukoba Airport (BKZ):
- The closest airport to Bukoba Airport (BKZ) is Mbarara Airport (MBQ), which is located 100 miles (161 kilometers) WNW of BKZ.
- In addition to being known as "Bukoba Airport", another name for BKZ is "Uwanja wa Ndege wa Bukoba (Swahili)".
- Bukoba Airport handled 22,599 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Bukoba Airport (BKZ) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,802 miles (18,993 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Bukoba Airport (BKZ) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-lift transport facility for a variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies as part of Air Materiel/Air Force Logistics Command, then as part of Military Airlift/Air Mobility Command.
- The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
- Norton Air Force Base was named for San Bernardino native Captain Leland Francis Norton.
- The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Norton Air Force Base began before World War II as Municipal Airport, San Bernardino under Army Air Corps jurisdiction.
- A change of mission in 1966 from Air Force Logistics Command to Military Airlift Command meant that Norton became one of six Military Airlift Command strategic-airlift bases, supporting US Army and Marine Corps' airlift requirements among other functions.