Nonstop flight route between Pori, Finland and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pori Airport (POR), Pori, Finland and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,017 miles (or 8,074 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 Pori Airport and Barksdale Air Force 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 Pori Airport and Barksdale Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pori Airport (POR):

• The Finnish Aviation Academy is a flight school based at Pori Airport.
• Because of Pori Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Pori 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 Pori Airport (POR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,008 miles (17,716 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Pori Airport handled 43,185 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Pori Airport (POR) is Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) E of POR.
• Pori Airport (POR) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Pori Airport", another name for POR is "Porin lentoasema".

Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• On 1 November 1949, Barksdale was reassigned to Strategic Air Command, and became home of Headquarters Second Air Force.
• Barksdale is one of two remaining bases with assigned B-52 aircraft, all H models.
• Captain Harris selected what he felt was an adequate location for a military airfield.
• Barksdale AFB was established in 1932 as Barksdale Field and is named for World War I aviator and test pilot Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale.
• Units at Barksdale include the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force, the 2d Bomb Wing.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• 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.
• Barksdale Field was renamed Barksdale Air Force Base on 13 January 1948, with the designation of the United States Air Force as a separate service in 1947.