Nonstop flight route between Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States and Bremerhaven Airport (BRV), Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,905 miles (or 7,894 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 Barksdale Air Force Base and Bremerhaven 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 Barksdale Air Force Base and Bremerhaven Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAD / KBAD |
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Location: | Bossier City, Louisiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°30'6"N by 93°39'46"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAD |
More Information: | BAD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRV / EDWB |
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Location: | Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°30'24"N by 8°34'22"E |
Area Served: | Bremerhaven, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flugplatzbetriebs-gesellschaft Bremerhaven mbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRV |
More Information: | BRV Maps & Info |
Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):
- In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
- 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.
- Captain Harris selected what he felt was an adequate location for a military airfield.
- The first SAC unit at Barksdale was the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was reassigned to the base from McGuire AFB on 1 October.
- Barksdale Field was named in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale on 2 February 1933.
- During World War II, the airfield trained replacement crews and entire units between 1942 and 1945.
- In the postwar year of the 1940s, Barksdale then became headquarters for the Air Training Command from 1945 to 1949.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Bremerhaven Airport (BRV):
- The closest airport to Bremerhaven Airport (BRV) is Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) N of BRV.
- Bremerhaven Airport (BRV) has 2 runways.
- Because of Bremerhaven Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Bremerhaven 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 "Bremerhaven Airport", another name for BRV is "Regionalflughafen Bremerhaven".
- The furthest airport from Bremerhaven Airport (BRV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,729 miles (18,876 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.