Nonstop flight route between Manchester, New Hampshire, United States and Bagram, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT), Manchester, New Hampshire, United States and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,513 miles (or 10,481 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 Manchester–Boston Regional 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 Manchester–Boston Regional 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 Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT):

• Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT) has 2 runways.
• In the early 1990s, United Airlines began flights between Manchester and Washington Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C.
• The furthest airport from Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,722 miles (18,864 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT) is Nashua Airport (ASH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of MHT.
• Founded in 1927, it moved more than 1 million passengers in a year for the first time in 1997.
• The Londonderry Police Department is responsible for law enforcement and security operations at the airport terminal.
• Manchester–Boston Regional Airport handled 2,814,125 passengers last year.
• From November 13, 2006, to June 30, 2008, the airport operated a shuttle bus — free to ticketed passengers — that ran every two hours, 24 hours a day, to the Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn, Massachusetts, on to the Sullivan Square subway station in Boston, and back to the airport via Woburn.
• Because of Manchester–Boston Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Manchester–Boston Regional 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.

Facts about Bagram Airfield (OAI):

• In March 2010, the U.S.
• During the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan, it played a key role, serving as a base of operations for troops and supplies.
• 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.
• 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.
• Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• In May 2010, a group of "nearly a dozen" insurgents attacked around the north end of the base.
• The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".