Nonstop flight route between Cà Mau Province, Vietnam and Boswell Bay, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cà Mau Airport (CAH), Cà Mau Province, Vietnam and Boswell Bay Airport (BSW), Boswell Bay, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,287 miles (or 10,118 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 Cà Mau Airport and Boswell Bay 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 Cà Mau Airport and Boswell Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CAH / VVCM |
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Location: | Cà Mau Province, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°10'32"N by 105°10'45"E |
Area Served: | Cà Mau |
Operator/Owner: | Southern Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CAH |
More Information: | CAH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BSW / |
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Location: | Boswell Bay, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°25'23"N by 146°8'44"W |
Area Served: | Boswell Bay, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Forest Service |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 230 feet (70 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BSW |
More Information: | BSW Maps & Info |
Facts about Cà Mau Airport (CAH):
- Initially built by the French colonists as Moranc Airfield at Quản Long town, An Xuyên province with the runway of 400 m long and 16 m wide.
- In April 1975, following the fall of Saigon, the airport was controlled by communist forces.
- The furthest airport from Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Cà Mau Airport (meaning Cà Mau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,922 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
- In addition to being known as "Cà Mau Airport", another name for CAH is "Sân bay Cà Mau".
- Cà Mau Airport (CAH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is Rach Gia Airport (VKG), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) N of CAH.
- Because of Cà Mau Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Cà Mau 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.
- The government of Vietnam approved a renovation planning for this airport, according to which the runway will be extended to 1900 m x 30 m, capable to handle 2 medium-sized aircraft at the same time, 150 passengers per hour or 200,000 passengers per annum by 2015.
- As of April 2011, Vietnam Air Service Company operates two flights daily for Ho Chi Minh City-Cà Mau route with ATR-72 aircraft.
Facts about Boswell Bay Airport (BSW):
- Because of Boswell Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 230 feet, planes can take off or land at Boswell Bay 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.
- The furthest airport from Boswell Bay Airport (BSW) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,573 miles (17,015 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- In addition to being known as "Boswell Bay Airport", another name for BSW is "AK97".
- The closest airport to Boswell Bay Airport (BSW) is Cordova Municipal Airport (CKU), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of BSW.
- Boswell Bay Airport (BSW) currently has only 1 runway.