Nonstop flight route between Sardeh Band, Afghanistan and Morong, Bataan, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sardeh Band Airport (SBF), Sardeh Band, Afghanistan and Subic Bay International Airport (SFS), Morong, Bataan, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,460 miles (or 5,569 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 Subic Bay 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 Subic Bay International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sardeh Band Airport (SBF):

• The closest airport to Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) is Ghazni Airport (GZI), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of SBF.
• 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.
• 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".
• 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.
• Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 12 June 2002 a Lockheed MC-130H Hercules was participating in a night exfiltration mission to remove U.S.

Facts about Subic Bay International Airport (SFS):

• The closest airport to Subic Bay International Airport (SFS) is Clark International Airport (CRK), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) NE of SFS.
• The furthest airport from Subic Bay International Airport (SFS) is Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), which is nearly antipodal to Subic Bay International Airport (meaning Subic Bay International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport), and is located 12,290 miles (19,778 kilometers) away in Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil.
• FedEx Express closed its hub at Subic Bay on February 6, 2009, this was the first hub to be closed in FedEx's history.
• Subic Bay International Airport (SFS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In December 2010, Guam-based Aviation Concepts has set up fixed-based operations as a full-service business jet center at Subic Bay International Airport, which has made it Asia’s largest private aviation firm in terms of hangar space.
• Because of Subic Bay International Airport's relatively low elevation of 64 feet, planes can take off or land at Subic Bay 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 addition to being known as "Subic Bay International Airport", another name for SFS is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Look ng Subic".