Nonstop flight route between Brigham City, Utah, United States and Bagram, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brigham City Airport (BMC), Brigham City, Utah, United States and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,151 miles (or 11,508 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 Brigham City Airport and Bagram 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 Brigham City Airport and Bagram Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brigham City Airport (BMC):

• Brigham City Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Brigham City, in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
• The Brigham City airport is reported to have received over $14 million in 2005 and 2006 in taxes and fees collected from airline passengers, despite the fact that there is no commercial passenger traffic serving the Brigham City airport.
• The furthest airport from Brigham City Airport (BMC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,907 miles (17,553 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Brigham City Airport (BMC) is Logan-Cache Airport (LGU), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NNE of BMC.
• Because of Brigham City Airport's high elevation of 4,229 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BMC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BMC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Brigham City Airport (BMC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Bagram Airfield (OAI):

• The airport at Bagram was originally built in the 1950s, during the Cold War, at a time when the United States and neighboring Soviet Union were busy spreading influence in Afghanistan.
• The furthest airport from Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,894 miles (19,141 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Bagram Airfield's high elevation of 4,895 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at OAI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make OAI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• As of late January 2002, there were somewhat over 4,000 US troops in Afghanistan, of which about 3,000 were at Kandahar International Airport, and about 500 were stationed at Bagram.
• Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
• Some of the Soviet land forces based at Bagram included the 108th Motor Rifle Division and the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment of the 105th Guards Airborne Division.
• The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.
• By late 2003 B-huts, 18-by-36-foot structures made of plywood designed to hold eight troops, were replacing the standard shelter option for troops.
• Bagram Airfield is currently maintained by the Combined Joint Task Force 10th Mountain Division, having taken over from the 101st Airborne Division in the winter of 2013.
• In March 2010, insurgents attacked an area at the base with rockets.