Nonstop flight route between Guilin, Guangxi, China and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL), Guilin, Guangxi, China and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,154 miles (or 13,123 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 Guilin Liangjiang International 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 Guilin Liangjiang International 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 Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL):

• The closest airport to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) is Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) SSW of KWL.
• Guilin Liangjiang International Airport handled 5,489,481 passengers last year.
• During World War II, the airport was known as Kweilin Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign.
• In addition to being known as "Guilin Liangjiang International Airport", other names for KWL include "Gveilinz Unggyangh Gozci Gihcangz桂林两江国际机场" and "Guìlín Liǎngjiāng Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Because of Guilin Liangjiang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 571 feet, planes can take off or land at Guilin Liangjiang International 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.
• Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) is Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR), which is nearly antipodal to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (meaning Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in El Salvador, Chile.

Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• Barksdale was developed as an Air Corps flying school November 1940 and the runway apron was completed mid-1941.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• 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.
• 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.
• The 47th Bomb Wing was assigned to NATO and was reassigned first to Langley AFB in March 1951, then afterwards to RAF Sculthorpe, England, arriving in the UK on 1 May 1951.
• The commander of the 2d Bomb Wing is Colonel Andrew Gebara.