Nonstop flight route between Kingsville, Texas, United States and Bagram, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI), Kingsville, Texas, United States and Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,040 miles (or 12,939 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 Naval Air Station Kingsville 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 Naval Air Station Kingsville 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 Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI):

• Naval Air Station Kingsville is one of the U.S.
• Naval Air Station Kingsville or NAS Kingsville is a military airport located 3 miles east of Kingsville, Texas.
• The closest airport to Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) is Alice International Airport (ALI), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) NW of NQI.
• Because of Naval Air Station Kingsville's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station Kingsville 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.
• The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,916 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Kingsville", another name for NQI is "KNQI - FAA: NQI".
• Naval Air Station Kingsville (NQI) has 4 runways.

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.
• The Kabul International Airport is about 25 miles south of Bagram, connected by two separate roads.
• 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.
• In 2008, several U.S.
• The ICAO ID is OAIX and it is specifically at 34.944N, 69.259E at 1,492 metres above sea level.
• 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.
• 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 is the largest U.S.
• Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• On June 19, 2013, the base was the subject of a mortar attack by Taliban forces, which resulted in four U.S.
• The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.