Nonstop flight route between Abilene, Texas, United States and Bajhang, Nepal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States and Bajhang Airport (BJH), Bajhang, Nepal would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,155 miles (or 13,125 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 Dyess Air Force Base and Bajhang 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 Dyess Air Force Base and Bajhang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• The furthest airport from Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,080 miles (17,831 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The 317th Airlift Group, an Air Mobility Command tenant unit, performs Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlift missions with 28 aircraft assigned.
• The 77th and 69th groups were units that trained reconnaissance personnel who later served overseas.
• Units stationed at Dyess Air Force Base while the 5/517th was operational included SAC's 819th Strategic Aerospace Division, the 96th BW, and the 578th Strategic Missile Squadron.
• Dyess AFB is also home to several tenant units, including Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 222.
• The base is named after Lt Col William Edwin Dyess, a native of Albany, Texas, who was captured by the Japanese on Bataan in April 1942.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
• The closest airport to Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Abilene Regional Airport (ABI), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of DYS.

Facts about Bajhang Airport (BJH):

• The furthest airport from Bajhang Airport (BJH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,772 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Because of Bajhang Airport's high elevation of 4,100 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BJH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BJH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Bajhang Airport (BJH) is Sanphebagar Airport (FEB), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) S of BJH.