Nonstop flight route between Bol, Chad and Yushu County, Qinghai, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bol-Berim Airport (OTC), Bol, Chad and Yushu Batang Airport (YUS), Yushu County, Qinghai, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,277 miles (or 8,492 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 Bol-Berim Airport and Yushu Batang 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 Bol-Berim Airport and Yushu Batang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bol-Berim Airport (OTC):

• In addition to being known as "Bol-Berim Airport", another name for OTC is "Bol-Berim Airport (Bol)".
• The closest airport to Bol-Berim Airport (OTC) is Mao Airport (AMO), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) NE of OTC.
• The furthest airport from Bol-Berim Airport (OTC) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Bol-Berim Airport (meaning Bol-Berim Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,152 miles (19,557 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.
• Bol-Berim Airport (OTC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Bol-Berim Airport's relatively low elevation of 958 feet, planes can take off or land at Bol-Berim Airport 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.

Facts about Yushu Batang Airport (YUS):

• In addition to being known as "Yushu Batang Airport", other names for YUS include "玉树巴塘机场" and "Yùshù Batáng Jīchǎng".
• The airport played an important role in the delivery of rescue personnel and relief supplies to the area affected by the 2010 Yushu earthquake.
• The furthest airport from Yushu Batang Airport (YUS) is Carriel Sur International Airport (CCP), which is located 11,813 miles (19,012 kilometers) away in Concepción, Bío Bío Region, Chile.
• The closest airport to Yushu Batang Airport (YUS) is Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX), which is located 158 miles (254 kilometers) S of YUS.
• Because of Yushu Batang Airport's high elevation of 12,762 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at YUS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make YUS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.