Nonstop flight route between Bagram, Afghanistan and Maquinchao, Río Negro Province, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bagram Airfield (OAI), Bagram, Afghanistan and Maquinchao Airport (MQD), Maquinchao, Río Negro Province, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,133 miles (or 16,308 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 Maquinchao 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 Maquinchao 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.
• 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.
• 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".
• The Parwan Detention Facility was completed in 2009 and is located somewhere at Bagram Airfield.
• 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 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 Kabul International Airport is about 25 miles south of Bagram, connected by two separate roads.
• In March 2009, a car bomb exploded somewhere outside Bagram Airfield wounding three civilian workers.
• In October 2009 The State reported on Bagram's expansion.
• 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.

Facts about Maquinchao Airport (MQD):

• Maquinchao Airport (MQD) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Maquinchao Airport (MQD) is Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET), which is nearly antipodal to Maquinchao Airport (meaning Maquinchao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hohhot Baita International Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,953 kilometers) away in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
• The closest airport to Maquinchao Airport (MQD) is Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) W of MQD.
• In addition to being known as "Maquinchao Airport", other names for MQD include "Maquinchao Airport (Maquinchao)" and "Aeropuerto Maquinchao".