Nonstop flight route between Ebolowa, Cameroon and Kandahar, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ebolowa Airport (EBW), Ebolowa, Cameroon and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,060 miles (or 6,533 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 Ebolowa Airport and Kabul International 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 Ebolowa Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ebolowa Airport (EBW):

• Ebolowa Airport (EBW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ebolowa Airport (EBW) is Bitam Airport (BMM), which is located 59 miles (96 kilometers) SSE of EBW.
• In addition to being known as "Ebolowa Airport", another name for EBW is "Ebolowa Airport (Ebolowa)".
• The furthest airport from Ebolowa Airport (EBW) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Ebolowa Airport (meaning Ebolowa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,237 miles (19,694 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):

• Coalition presence increases
• Eight General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon close air support fighters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force were deployed to Kandahar Airfield to support the expanded NATO operation in southern Afghanistan in late 2006.
• The deployments in February 2006 brought Task Force Afghanistan in Kandahar to about 2,250 personnel.
• Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• As part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy also had based a squadron of Harrier GR7A aircraft at Kandahar Airfield to provide close air support to coalition ground forces replacing USMC AV-8B's.
• The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
• During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the airfield was used intensively by the Soviet Air Forces, both as logistical facility for flying in troops and supplies and as a base for launching airstrikes against local Mujahideen groups.
• In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
• Fighting in the Kandahar area was particularly intense.