Nonstop flight route between Bagram, Afghanistan and Yagoua, Cameroon:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan and Yagoua Airport (GXX), Yagoua, Cameroon would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,785 miles (or 6,092 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 Yagoua 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 Yagoua 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 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.
• During the US-led invasion of Afghanistan the base was secured by a team from the British Special Boat Service.
• In addition to being known as "Bagram Airfield", other names for OAI include "Bagram Airport (Bagram)" and "د بګرام هوائی ډګر".
• Early on the morning of 30 December 2010, Taliban militants fired two rockets on Bagram though no casualties were reported.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• By late 2003 B-huts, 18-by-36-foot structures made of plywood designed to hold eight troops, were replacing the standard shelter option for troops.
• Some of the Soviet land forces based at Bagram included the 108th Motor Rifle Division and the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment of the 105th Guards Airborne Division.
• 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.

Facts about Yagoua Airport (GXX):

• The closest airport to Yagoua Airport (GXX) is Bongor Airport (OGR), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) ESE of GXX.
• The furthest airport from Yagoua Airport (GXX) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Yagoua Airport (meaning Yagoua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,181 miles (19,603 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Yagoua Airport (GXX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Yagoua Airport", another name for GXX is "Yagoua Airport (Yagoua)".