Nonstop flight route between Bagram, Afghanistan and Batna, Algeria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan and Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport (BLJ), Batna, Algeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,484 miles (or 5,607 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 Bagram Airfield and Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport, 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 Bagram Airfield and Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bagram Airfield (OAI):

• The closest airport to Bagram Airfield (OAI) is Kabul International Airport (KBL), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) S of OAI.
• 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 March 2010, insurgents attacked an area at the base with rockets.
• The Kabul International Airport is about 25 miles south of Bagram, connected by two separate roads.
• Bagram Airfield is currently maintained by the Combined Joint Task Force 10th Mountain Division, having taken over from the 101st Airborne Division in the winter of 2013.
• 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.
• A second runway, 3,500 metres long, was built and completed by the United States in late 2006, at a cost of US$68 million.
• In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
• In March 2009, a car bomb exploded somewhere outside Bagram Airfield wounding three civilian workers.
• Bagram Airfield (OAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.

Facts about Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport (BLJ):

• The furthest airport from Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport (BLJ) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is located 11,936 miles (19,210 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport (BLJ) is Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport (CZL), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) NNE of BLJ.
• In addition to being known as "Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport", other names for BLJ include "Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport (Batna)" and "Aeroport de Batna Mostépha Ben Boulaid".
• Mostépha Ben Boulaid Airport (BLJ) currently has only 1 runway.