Nonstop flight route between Pereira, Colombia and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from PEI to BAD:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- PEI Airport Information
- BAD Airport Information
- Facts about PEI
- Facts about BAD
- Map of Nearest Airports to PEI
- List of Nearest Airports to PEI
- Map of Furthest Airports from PEI
- List of Furthest Airports from PEI
- Map of Nearest Airports to BAD
- List of Nearest Airports to BAD
- Map of Furthest Airports from BAD
- List of Furthest Airports from BAD
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Matecaña International Airport (PEI), Pereira, Colombia and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,236 miles (or 3,598 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 relatively short distance between Matecaña International Airport and Barksdale Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PEI / SKPE |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Pereira, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°48'45"N by 75°44'21"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aerocivil |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4 feet (1 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PEI |
More Information: | PEI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAD / KBAD |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Bossier City, Louisiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°30'6"N by 93°39'46"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAD |
More Information: | BAD Maps & Info |
Facts about Matecaña International Airport (PEI):
- The closest airport to Matecaña International Airport (PEI) is Santa Ana Airport (CRC), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) WSW of PEI.
- In addition to being known as "Matecaña International Airport", another name for PEI is "Aeropuerto Internacional Matecaña".
- Matecaña International Airport handled 646 passengers last year.
- Because of Matecaña International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Matecaña International 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.
- The furthest airport from Matecaña International Airport (PEI) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Matecaña International Airport (meaning Matecaña International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,905 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
- Matecaña International Airport (PEI) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):
- The closest airport to Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Shreveport Downtown Airport (DTN), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) WNW of BAD.
- The furthest airport from Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,884 miles (17,516 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Construction of Barksdale Field began in 1931, when hangars, runways, and billets were built.
- Barksdale AFB was established in 1932 as Barksdale Field and is named for World War I aviator and test pilot Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale.
- Barksdale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4.72 miles east-southeast of Bossier City, Louisiana.
- The host unit at Barksdale is the 2d Bomb Wing, the oldest Bomb Wing in the Air Force.
- In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".