Nonstop flight route between Ogden, Utah, United States and Kandahar, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD), Ogden, Utah, United States and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,412 miles (or 11,928 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 Ogden-Hinckley Airport and Kabul International 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 Ogden-Hinckley Airport and Kabul International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD):

• The closest airport to Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) is Hill Air Force Base (HIF), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) SSE of OGD.
• Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) has 3 runways.
• In September 2012, Allegiant Air commenced non-stop scheduled service to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
• Because of Ogden-Hinckley Airport's high elevation of 4,473 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at OGD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make OGD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
• The furthest airport from Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,931 miles (17,591 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airfield was a filming location for the 1985 film "Fletch."

Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):

• The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
• In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
• Major battles between the Taliban and local anti-Taliban forces had been fought at the airport just days earlier, and when coalition troops arrived there were abandoned weapons - including a BM-21 still loaded with rockets - scattered around the terminal.
• The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Eight General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon close air support fighters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force were deployed to Kandahar Airfield to support the expanded NATO operation in southern Afghanistan in late 2006.
• Fighting in the Kandahar area was particularly intense.
• During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the airfield was used intensively by the Soviet Air Forces, both as logistical facility for flying in troops and supplies and as a base for launching airstrikes against local Mujahideen groups.
• Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.