Nonstop flight route between Sidi Ifni, Morocco and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sania Ramel Airport (SII), Sidi Ifni, Morocco and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,876 miles (or 7,848 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 Sania Ramel Airport and Barksdale 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 Sania Ramel Airport and Barksdale 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: | SII / GMMF |
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Location: | Sidi Ifni, Morocco |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°35'39"N by 5°19'12"W |
Area Served: | Tétouan, Morocco |
Operator/Owner: | ONDA |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SII |
More Information: | SII Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Sania Ramel Airport (SII):
- Sania Ramel Airport handled 15,039 passengers last year.
- Sania Ramel Airport (SII) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 1 July 1927 civilian operations started in the airfield, which became a stopover in the postal flight route between Larache and Seville for some months that year.
- Because of Sania Ramel Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Sania Ramel 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.
- Aircraft parking space of 11,300 square metres supports two ATR 42 and Boeing 737-800s.
- The most important contribution of the Sania Ramel airfield to the Nationalist war effort during the Spanish Civil War was its role in the airlift that flew most of the Army of Africa into mainland Spain.
- The furthest airport from Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Sania Ramel Airport (meaning Sania Ramel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,415 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Sania Ramel Airport (TTU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SII.
- In addition to being known as "Sania Ramel Airport", other names for SII include "مطار تطوان سانية الرمل", "Aéroport Tétouan – Sania R'mel", "TTU", "GMTN" and "TTU".
- Sania Ramel was the first military airfield built in the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco.
Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):
- In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
- Captain Harris selected what he felt was an adequate location for a military airfield.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- The 47th Bomb Wing was assigned to NATO and was reassigned first to Langley AFB in March 1951, then afterwards to RAF Sculthorpe, England, arriving in the UK on 1 May 1951.
- Barksdale was developed as an Air Corps flying school November 1940 and the runway apron was completed mid-1941.
- Units at Barksdale include the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force, the 2d Bomb Wing.
- The 335th Bombardment Group took over training duties as a permanent Operational Training Unit on 17 July 1942 with Martin B-26 Marauders.