Nonstop flight route between Jambi, Indonesia and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB), Jambi, Indonesia and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,026 miles (or 16,135 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 Sultan Thaha 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 Sultan Thaha 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 Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB):

• In 2013, the Sultan Thaha International Airport Add Schedule International Route after Open new Terminal.
• Sultan Thaha Airport handled 1 passengers last year.
• 1 January 2007 transfer of the Operational Management of Sultan Taha Airport jambi WHO Previously managed by the Technical Implementation Unit of the Department of Transportation and is now managed by PT Angkasa Pura II, while The Largest That aircraft served the A320.
• In colonial times Jambi Airport was built by the Dutch and Japanese by the name of Airport Paalmerah.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Thaha Airport", another name for DJB is "Bandar Udara Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin".
• Because of Sultan Thaha Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Thaha 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 Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) is Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Thaha Airport (meaning Sultan Thaha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Garzón Airport), and is located 12,388 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Villa Garzón, Colombia.
• The closest airport to Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) is Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) SE of DJB.
• Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• The 47th Bomb Wing was assigned to NATO and was reassigned first to Langley AFB in March 1951, then afterwards to RAF Sculthorpe, England, arriving in the UK on 1 May 1951.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".