Nonstop flight route between Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States and Tengah, Singapore:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Paducah KY (BWG), Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States and Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA), Tengah, Singapore would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,709 miles (or 15,624 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 Paducah KY and Tengah Air Base (TAB), 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 Paducah KY and Tengah Air Base (TAB). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWG / KBWG |
| Airport Name: | Paducah KY |
| Location: | Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°57'51"N by 86°25'10"W |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Bowling Green & Warren County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 547 feet (167 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BWG |
| More Information: | BWG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TGA / WSAT |
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| Location: | Tengah, Singapore |
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°23'13"N by 103°42'30"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |
| Airport Type: | Military airbase |
| Elevation: | 50 feet (15 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TGA |
| More Information: | TGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Paducah KY (BWG):
- The closest airport to Paducah KY (BWG) is Glasgow Municipal Airport (GLW), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) E of BWG.
- Paducah KY (BWG) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Paducah KY (BWG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,210 miles (18,041 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Paducah KY's relatively low elevation of 547 feet, planes can take off or land at Paducah KY 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.
Facts about Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA):
- According to British MoD documents declassified in 2000, up to 48 Red Beard tactical nuclear weapons were secretly stowed in a highly secured weapons storage facility at Tengah, between 1962 and 1970, for possible use by the V bomber force detachment and for Britain's military commitment to South East Asia Treaty Organization.
- Prior to Singapore's independence, it was a flying Royal Air Force station known as RAF Tengah.
- Because of Tengah Air Base (TAB)'s relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Tengah Air Base (TAB) 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.
- In addition to being known as "Tengah Air Base (TAB)", other names for TGA include "登加空军基地" and "Pangkalan Udara Tengah".
- English Electric Canberra B.15 of No.
- Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) has 3 runways.
- The furthest airport from Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (meaning Tengah Air Base (TAB) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,357 miles (19,886 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
- An aerial view of the RAF Tengah taken in 1953
- The closest airport to Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) is Seletar Airport (XSP), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of TGA.
- It was renamed Tengah Air Base in 1971, when it was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command.
