Nonstop flight route between Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Java Island, Indonesia and Bagram, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Blimbingsari Airport (BWX), Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Java Island, Indonesia and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,191 miles (or 6,745 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 Blimbingsari 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 Blimbingsari Airport and Bagram Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Blimbingsari Airport (BWX):

• Because of Blimbingsari Airport's relatively low elevation of 110 feet, planes can take off or land at Blimbingsari 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.
• Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Blimbingsari Airport", another name for BWX is "Bandara Blimbingsari".
• The closest airport to Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) is Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) ESE of BWX.
• The furthest airport from Blimbingsari Airport (BWX) is Valle de la Pascua Airport (VDP), which is nearly antipodal to Blimbingsari Airport (meaning Blimbingsari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Valle de la Pascua Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Valle de la Pascua, Guárico, Venezuela.

Facts about Bagram Airfield (OAI):

• Control of the base was contested from 1999 onward between the Northern Alliance and Taliban, often with each controlling territory on opposing ends of the base.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.
• In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
• The 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing was a suicide attack that killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more, at a time when Dick Cheney, the vice-president of the United States, was visiting Afghanistan.
• Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• There are numerous dining facilities at Bagram Airfield.
• By 2007 Bagram has become the size of a small town, with traffic jams and many commercial shops selling goods from clothes to food.
• 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.