Nonstop flight route between Roundup, Montana, United States and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Roundup Airport (RPX), Roundup, Montana, United States and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,245 miles (or 2,004 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 Roundup Airport and Barksdale Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Roundup Airport (RPX):

• The furthest airport from Roundup Airport (RPX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,535 miles (16,954 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Roundup Airport (RPX) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Roundup Airport (RPX) is Billings Logan International Airport (BIL), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) S of RPX.

Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• The 2d Bomb Wing conducts the primary mission of Barksdale AFB with three squadrons of B-52H Stratofortress bombers – the 11th Bomb Squadron, which is the training squadron, the 20th Bomb Squadron and the 96th Bomb Squadron.
• During World War II, the airfield trained replacement crews and entire units between 1942 and 1945.
• 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.
• As early as 1924, the citizens of Shreveport became interested in hosting a military flying field.
• 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.
• 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.
• With the arrival of the 376th Bomb wing in October 1951, the decision was made to reassign the 91st.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• In the postwar year of the 1940s, Barksdale then became headquarters for the Air Training Command from 1945 to 1949.