Nonstop flight route between Kiev, Ukraine and Bakersfield, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Boryspil International Airport (KBP), Kiev, Ukraine and Meadows Field (BFL), Bakersfield, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,233 miles (or 10,031 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 Boryspil International Airport and Meadows Field, 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 Boryspil International Airport and Meadows Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KBP / UKBB |
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Location: | Kiev, Ukraine |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°20'40"N by 30°53'35"E |
Area Served: | Kyiv/Kiev, Ukraine |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 427 feet (130 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from KBP |
More Information: | KBP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BFL / KBFL |
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Location: | Bakersfield, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°26'2"N by 119°3'28"W |
Area Served: | Greater Bakersfield metropolitan area |
Operator/Owner: | Kern County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 510 feet (155 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BFL |
More Information: | BFL Maps & Info |
Facts about Boryspil International Airport (KBP):
- The airport survived the 2012 European cold wave without major flight delays or cancellations.
- The Ukrainian Border Guard and State Customs Service maintain control points for arriving and departing passengers.
- In addition to being known as "Boryspil International Airport", another name for KBP is "Міжнародний аеропорт "Бориспіль"".
- In the late 1980s, Mikheil Saakashvili, the current president of Georgia, served his conscript service in the Soviet border guard's Boryspil Separate Group that was maintaining border control in the airport.
- Because of Boryspil International Airport's relatively low elevation of 427 feet, planes can take off or land at Boryspil 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.
- Boryspil International Airport (KBP) has 2 runways.
- In the long term there are plans to build a third crosswind runway.
- On 22 June 1959, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR ordered the establishment of regular civil air traffic to the then military airfield near Boryspil.
- Terminal D, construction of which began on 24 March 2008, was opened on 28 May 2012 with an initial capacity of 3,100 passengers per hour.
- The closest airport to Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) (IEV), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WNW of KBP.
- The furthest airport from Boryspil International Airport (KBP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,082 miles (17,835 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Meadows Field (BFL):
- Because of Meadows Field's relatively low elevation of 510 feet, planes can take off or land at Meadows Field 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.
- Between May 1 and July 12, 1944, the 427th Night Fighter Squadron trained at Meadows Field.
- In addition to being known as "Meadows Field", another name for BFL is "Kern County Airport No. 1".
- Airport diagrams for 1955 and 1965
- Rental cars are only available at the Domestic Terminal.
- The furthest airport from Meadows Field (BFL) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,406 miles (18,356 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Meadows Field (BFL) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Meadows Field (BFL) is Shafter Airport (MIT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) WNW of BFL.