Nonstop flight route between Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Tari Airport (KOE), Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,605 miles (or 15,458 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 El Tari 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 El Tari 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 El Tari Airport (KOE):

• In addition to being known as "El Tari Airport", another name for KOE is "Bandar Udara El Tari".
• The closest airport to El Tari Airport (KOE) is Haliwen Airport (ABU), which is located 102 miles (164 kilometers) NE of KOE.
• Because of El Tari Airport's relatively low elevation of 335 feet, planes can take off or land at El Tari 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.
• El Tari Airport (KOE) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from El Tari Airport (KOE) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is nearly antipodal to El Tari Airport (meaning El Tari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ogle Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Guyana.

Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• The base is closed to the public.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• In the postwar year of the 1940s, Barksdale then became headquarters for the Air Training Command from 1945 to 1949.
• Units at Barksdale include the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force, the 2d Bomb Wing.
• 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.
• Barksdale was developed as an Air Corps flying school November 1940 and the runway apron was completed mid-1941.
• The 301st Bombardment Wing joined the 91st SRW at Barksdale on 7 November 1949, being transferred from Smoky Hill AFB, Kansas, where it was reactivated the year before.