Nonstop flight route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States and Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States and Bezmer Air Base (JAM), Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,000 miles (or 9,657 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 Will Rogers World Airport and Bezmer Air Base, 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 Will Rogers World Airport and Bezmer Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Will Rogers World Airport (OKC):

• The closest airport to Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Wiley Post Airport (PWA), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NNW of OKC.
• Will Rogers World Airport has one terminal with 17 gates on the West Concourse and Central Concourse.
• The furthest airport from Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,853 miles (17,466 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On May 31, 2013, an EF-1 tornado hit Will Rogers Airport.
• Will Rogers World Airport handled 3,683,051 passengers last year.
• Lariat Landing is a new development on the east side of the airport grounds that encompasses 1,000 acres.
• During 2012 the Phase III expansion plan was updated to include a new Central Concourse reconfiguration plan.
• A Rockwell Sabreliner, registration N5565 crashed on January 15, 1974, after descending below minimums on an ILS approach in low clouds and fog.
• A number of companies offer taxi and shuttle service to downtown Oklahoma City and the surrounding metro area.
• Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) has 4 runways.

Facts about Bezmer Air Base (JAM):

• The Bezmer Air Base is among the joint US-Bulgarian military bases established according to the 2006 Defense Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Bulgaria.
• In addition to being known as "Bezmer Air Base", another name for JAM is "LBIA".
• The closest airport to Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Stara Zagora Airport (SZR), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) W of JAM.
• The strategic location and particularly favorable weather conditions of the area was appreciated already during World War I, when the Imperial German Air Service built in Yambol a base for zeppelins used for reconnaissance and bombing missions to Romania, Russia, Sudan and Malta.
• Because of Bezmer Air Base's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Bezmer Air Base 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.
• Bezmer Air Base (JAM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,287 miles (18,164 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.