Nonstop flight route between Sardeh Band, Afghanistan and Kaunas, Lithuania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sardeh Band Airport (SBF), Sardeh Band, Afghanistan and Kaunas International Airport (KUN), Kaunas, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,602 miles (or 4,188 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 Sardeh Band Airport and Kaunas International 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 Sardeh Band Airport and Kaunas International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBF / OADS |
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Location: | Sardeh Band, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°19'15"N by 68°38'11"E |
Area Served: | Band E Sardeh Dam |
Elevation: | 6971 feet (2,125 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SBF |
More Information: | SBF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUN / EYKA |
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Location: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
GPS Coordinates: | 54°57'50"N by 24°5'4"E |
Area Served: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Transport and Communications |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 256 feet (78 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUN |
More Information: | KUN Maps & Info |
Facts about Sardeh Band Airport (SBF):
- On 12 June 2002 a Lockheed MC-130H Hercules was participating in a night exfiltration mission to remove U.S.
- The closest airport to Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) is Ghazni Airport (GZI), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of SBF.
- Because of Sardeh Band Airport's high elevation of 6,971 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SBF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SBF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,996 miles (19,306 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Sardeh Band Airport", other names for SBF include "Sardeh Band Airport (Sardeh Band)" and "Band E Sardeh Dam Airport".
Facts about Kaunas International Airport (KUN):
- The passenger traffic changes in late 2011 and early 2012 at Kaunas Airport are associated with the rivalry between Ryanair and Wizzair.
- In addition to being known as "Kaunas International Airport", another name for KUN is "Kauno Oro uostas".
- Kaunas International Airport, is the second busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth busiest in the Baltic states.
- The furthest airport from Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,242 miles (18,092 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Kaunas International Airport (KUN) is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) ESE of KUN.
- Ryanair, is the main passenger carrier at the airport, which gradually expanded its network there since 2005, when the airline first time landed at the airport.
- FL Technics has announced its plans to invest almost 4 million US dollars into high-tech aircraft maintenance equipment at its newly launched MRO hangar in Kaunas.
- Ryanair operates its own maintenance hangar at Kaunas Airport, which launched operations in January 2013.
- The Airpark is a territory of Kaunas Free Economic Zone adjacent to Kaunas Airport.
- Kaunas International Airport (KUN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Kaunas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaunas 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.
- In 2012 the airport handled 830,268 passengers where 99% of the flow were international passengers travelling on scheduled services.