Nonstop flight route between Bowman, North Dakota, United States and Kabul, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM), Bowman, North Dakota, United States and Kabul International Airport (KBL), Kabul, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,838 miles (or 11,005 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 Bowman Municipal Airport and Kabul International Airport, 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 Bowman Municipal Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BWM / KBPP |
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Location: | Bowman, North Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°11'12"N by 103°25'41"W |
Area Served: | Bowman, North Dakota |
Operator/Owner: | Bowman County Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2958 feet (902 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BWM |
More Information: | BWM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KBL / OAKB |
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Location: | Kabul, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°33'56"N by 69°12'43"E |
Area Served: | Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 5877 feet (1,791 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KBL |
More Information: | KBL Maps & Info |
Facts about Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM):
- Bowman Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles west of the central business district of Bowman, a city in Bowman County, North Dakota, United States.
- The closest airport to Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) is Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK), which is located 52 miles (83 kilometers) NE of BWM.
- In addition to being known as "Bowman Municipal Airport", another name for BWM is "BPP".
- Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,463 miles (16,838 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KBL):
- In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", another name for KBL is "میدان هوایی بین المللی کابل".
- The airport was used by the Soviet Army during the Soviet War in Afghanistan, from 1979 to 1989.
- An F-15E Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., sits on the runway at the Kabul International Airport September 2011.
- Following NATO's invasion of Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Kabul International Airport was bombed by United States and coalition forces.
- The airport has two terminal buildings, the modern for international flights and the Soviet built one for domestic flights.
- The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Bagram Airfield (OAI), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) N of KBL.
- The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,919 miles (19,182 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Kabul International Airport's high elevation of 5,877 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KBL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KBL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The Kabul International Airport was built in the early 1960s.
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen at Kabul Airport in 2009
- Kabul International Airport (KBL) currently has only 1 runway.