Nonstop flight route between Mendoza, Mendoza Province, Argentina and Bagram, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ), Mendoza, Mendoza Province, Argentina and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,044 miles (or 16,165 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 Governor Francisco Gabrielli International 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 Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport and Bagram Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ):

• The furthest airport from Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ) is Xiangyang Liuji Airport (XFN), which is nearly antipodal to Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (meaning Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Xiangyang Liuji Airport), and is located 12,358 miles (19,888 kilometers) away in Xiangfan, Hubei, China.
• In addition to being known as "Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport", another name for MDZ is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Mendoza "Francisco Gabrielli" – El Plumerillo".
• Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ) is Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (UAQ), which is located 86 miles (139 kilometers) NNE of MDZ.

Facts about Bagram Airfield (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.
• Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.
• The ICAO ID is OAIX and it is specifically at 34.944N, 69.259E at 1,492 metres above sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
• 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.
• The 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing was a suicide attack that killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more, at a time when Dick Cheney, the vice-president of the United States, was visiting Afghanistan.
• Control of the base was contested from 1999 onward between the Northern Alliance and Taliban, often with each controlling territory on opposing ends of the base.
• In May 2010, a group of "nearly a dozen" insurgents attacked around the north end of the base.
• 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.