Nonstop flight route between Kabul, Afghanistan and Mulhouse, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kabul International Airport (KBL), Kabul, Afghanistan and EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH), Mulhouse, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,246 miles (or 5,223 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 Kabul International Airport and EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg, 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 Kabul International Airport and EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Kabul International Airport (KBL):

• The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Bagram Airfield (OAI), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) N of KBL.
• Passenger movements reached 100,000 per year by 2010 or 300 per day.
• Because of Kabul International Airport's high elevation of 5,877 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KBL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KBL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Kabul International Airport (KBL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,919 miles (19,182 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• An F-15E Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., sits on the runway at the Kabul International Airport September 2011.
• Fire fighting equipment is present.
• In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", another name for KBL is "میدان هوایی بین المللی کابل".
• Afghan Air Force personnel are welcomed back home on the flight line of the AAF base in Kabul on Sep.

Facts about EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH):

• The first enlargement project was approved by referendum in Basel in 1960 and, over the following decades, the terminals and runways were continually extended.
• Because of EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg's relatively low elevation of 885 feet, planes can take off or land at EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 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.
• EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg handled 5,880,771 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) is EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of MLH.
• EuroAirport is one of the few airports in the world operated jointly by two countries, in this case France and Switzerland.
• EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (meaning EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport is connected to motorway A3 which leads from Basel to the southeast of Switzerland passing Zürich.
• In addition to being known as "EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg", other names for MLH include "Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse", "Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen" and "BSL, MLH".