Nonstop flight route between Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and San Bernardino, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,047 miles (or 11,340 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 Bobo Dioulasso Airport and Norton Air Force 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 Bobo Dioulasso Airport and Norton Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOY / DFOO |
Airport Name: | Bobo Dioulasso Airport |
Location: | Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°9'36"N by 4°19'50"W |
Area Served: | Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1511 feet (461 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BOY |
More Information: | BOY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBD / |
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Location: | San Bernardino, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'43"N by 117°14'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SBD |
More Information: | SBD Maps & Info |
Facts about Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY):
- The closest airport to Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY) is Banfora Airport (BNR), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) SW of BOY.
- Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bobo Dioulasso Airport (BOY) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Bobo Dioulasso Airport (meaning Bobo Dioulasso Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,135 miles (19,530 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
- On 29 November 1957, General Thomas D.
- LAADS was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and the designation was returned as the 27th Air Division, being stationed at Luke AFB, Arizona under Fourth Air Force as part of a consolidation with the inactivating Phoenix Air Defense Sector.
- Norton was placed on the Department of Defense's base closure list in 1989.
- The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Recently, private development on the former base has helped turn the basically unused land into jobs and revenue for the city of San Bernardino as several companies have opened distribution centers on the property.
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
- Norton Air Force Base was named for San Bernardino native Captain Leland Francis Norton.
- Norton AFB was closed as a result of Base Realignment and Closure action 1988 in 1994.