Nonstop flight route between Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia and Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between H. Asan Airport (SMQ), Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia and Bezmer Air Base (JAM), Yambol (Jambol), Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,163 miles (or 9,918 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 H. Asan Airport and Bezmer Air 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 H. Asan Airport and Bezmer Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about H. Asan Airport (SMQ):

• The furthest airport from H. Asan Airport (SMQ) is Obando Airport (PDA), which is nearly antipodal to H. Asan Airport (meaning H. Asan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Obando Airport), and is located 12,325 miles (19,835 kilometers) away in Puerto Inírida, Colombia.
• In addition to being known as "H. Asan Airport", another name for SMQ is "Bandar Udara H. Asan".
• H. Asan Airport (SMQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of H. Asan Airport's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at H. Asan 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 closest airport to H. Asan Airport (SMQ) is Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (BDJ), which is located 139 miles (224 kilometers) ESE of SMQ.

Facts about Bezmer Air Base (JAM):

• The strategic location and particularly favorable weather conditions of the area was appreciated already during World War I, when the Imperial German Air Service built in Yambol a base for zeppelins used for reconnaissance and bombing missions to Romania, Russia, Sudan and Malta.
• Bezmer Air Base (JAM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Bezmer Air Base", another name for JAM is "LBIA".
• The furthest airport from Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,287 miles (18,164 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Aircraft and personnel from Bezmer have recently been participating in a number of joint military exercises including the PfP "Cooperative Key" in Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and France, ‘Immediate Response 2005’ and the Bulgarian-American-Romanian "Immediate Response 2006".
• The closest airport to Bezmer Air Base (JAM) is Stara Zagora Airport (SZR), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) W of JAM.
• Because of Bezmer Air Base's relatively low elevation of 509 feet, planes can take off or land at Bezmer Air Base 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.