Nonstop flight route between Balkhash, Kazakhstan and Marysville, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Balqash Airport (BXH), Balkhash, Kazakhstan and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,407 miles (or 10,311 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 Balqash Airport and Beale 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 Balqash Airport and Beale 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: | BXH / UAAH |
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| Location: | Balkhash, Kazakhstan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 46°53'38"N by 75°0'19"E |
| Area Served: | Balqash, Kazakhstan |
| Airport Type: | Public/Military |
| Elevation: | 1444 feet (440 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BXH |
| More Information: | BXH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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| Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
| More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Facts about Balqash Airport (BXH):
- Balkhash Airport is classified as a national aerodrome in the latest AIP.
- Balqash Airport (BXH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Balqash Airport", another name for BXH is "Аэропорт Балхаш".
- The closest airport to Balqash Airport (BXH) is Sary-Arka Airport (KGF), which is located 207 miles (333 kilometers) NNW of BXH.
- The furthest airport from Balqash Airport (BXH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,053 miles (17,787 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Military aircraft are also based there.
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The 4126th SW was redesignated as the 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 1 February 1963 in a name-only redesigation and was assigned to SAC's Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Strategic Aerospace Division.
- In 1948, Camp Beale became Beale AFB, its mission being to train bombardier navigators in radar techniques.
- The base is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
- On 8 February 1959, Strategic Air Command established Beale as an operational USAF base.
- On 16 May 1964, Defense Secretary McNamara directed the accelerated phaseout of the Atlas and Titan I ICBMs.
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
