Nonstop flight route between Clark Special Economic Zone, Philippines and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Clark International Airport (CRK), Clark Special Economic Zone, Philippines and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,440 miles (or 13,583 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 Clark International Airport and Barksdale 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 Clark International Airport and Barksdale Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Clark International Airport (CRK):

• The furthest airport from Clark International Airport (CRK) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Clark International Airport (meaning Clark International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,259 miles (19,729 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
• Because of Clark International Airport's relatively low elevation of 484 feet, planes can take off or land at Clark International 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.
• Clark Airport currently has two 3,200-meter parallel runways, one of which will be extended to 4,000 meters to accommodate new generation wide-bodied aircraft.
• The closest airport to Clark International Airport (CRK) is Subic Bay International Airport (SFS), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SW of CRK.
• Terminal 3 is expected to make DMIA handle 80 million passengers a year.
• Clark International Airport (CRK) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Clark International Airport", another name for CRK is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng ClarkPangyatung Sulapawan ning Clark".
• Clark International Airport handled 1,309,883 passengers last year.
• Clark International Airport is a major aviation center in the Philippines located within the Clark Freeport Zone serving the general area of Angeles City in the Philippines.
• Completed in April 2010, the $12 million expansion added a second storey, arrival and departure lounges, and two aerobridges to the terminal building.

Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• The 2d Bomb Wing was assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command on 1 February 2010.
• The furthest airport from Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,884 miles (17,516 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Barksdale is one of two remaining bases with assigned B-52 aircraft, all H models.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• The first SAC unit at Barksdale was the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was reassigned to the base from McGuire AFB on 1 October.
• Also during World War II Barksdale played host to the major contingent of the Free French Air Forces and Nationalist Chinese aircrews.
• During World War II, the airfield trained replacement crews and entire units between 1942 and 1945.
• Captain Harris selected what he felt was an adequate location for a military airfield.
• The closest airport to Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Shreveport Downtown Airport (DTN), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) WNW of BAD.