Nonstop flight route between Huai'an, Jiangsu, China and Bagram, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA), Huai'an, Jiangsu, China and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,816 miles (or 4,532 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 Huai'an Lianshui Airport and Bagram Airfield, 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 Huai'an Lianshui Airport and Bagram Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HIA / ZSSH |
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Location: | Huai'an, Jiangsu, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°46'37"N by 119°8'52"E |
Area Served: | Huai'an, Jiangsu, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HIA |
More Information: | HIA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OAI / OAIX |
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Location: | Bagram, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°56'46"N by 69°15'52"E |
Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 4895 feet (1,492 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from OAI |
More Information: | OAI Maps & Info |
Facts about Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA):
- Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Huai'an Lianshui Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Huai'an Lianshui 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 closest airport to Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA) is Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) NNW of HIA.
- Huai'an Lianshui Airport handled 230,000 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Huai'an Lianshui Airport (HIA) is Junín Airport (JNI), which is nearly antipodal to Huai'an Lianshui Airport (meaning Huai'an Lianshui Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Junín Airport), and is located 12,384 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- The airport has one runway that is 2,400 meters long, and a 14,600 square meter terminal building.
- In 2011, its first full year of operation, Huai'an Airport handled 230,000 passengers to become the 99th busiest airport in China.
- In addition to being known as "Huai'an Lianshui Airport", other names for HIA include "淮安涟水机场" and "Huái'ān Liánshuǐ Jīchǎng".
Facts about Bagram Airfield (OAI):
- In March 2009, a car bomb exploded somewhere outside Bagram Airfield wounding three civilian workers.
- The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.
- The furthest airport from Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,894 miles (19,141 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
- Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
- Some of the Soviet land forces based at Bagram included the 108th Motor Rifle Division and the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment of the 105th Guards Airborne Division.
- As of late January 2002, there were somewhat over 4,000 US troops in Afghanistan, of which about 3,000 were at Kandahar International Airport, and about 500 were stationed at Bagram.
- Because of Bagram Airfield's high elevation of 4,895 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at OAI. Combined with a high temperature, this could make OAI a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.