Nonstop flight route between Bamenda, Cameroon and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bamenda Airport (BPC), Bamenda, Cameroon and Tinker Air Force Base (TIK), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,946 miles (or 11,179 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 Bamenda Airport and Tinker 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 Bamenda Airport and Tinker 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: | BPC / FKKV |
Airport Name: | Bamenda Airport |
Location: | Bamenda, Cameroon |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°2'21"N by 10°7'21"E |
Area Served: | Bamenda, Cameroon |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4065 feet (1,239 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BPC |
More Information: | BPC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TIK / KTIK |
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Location: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°24'52"N by 97°23'12"W |
View all routes: | Routes from TIK |
More Information: | TIK Maps & Info |
Facts about Bamenda Airport (BPC):
- Bamenda Airport (BPC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Bamenda Airport's high elevation of 4,065 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BPC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BPC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Bamenda Airport (BPC) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Bamenda Airport (meaning Bamenda Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,178 miles (19,599 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Bamenda Airport (BPC) is Bali Airport (BAJ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of BPC.
Facts about Tinker Air Force Base (TIK):
- DLA Aviation has two offices at Tinker Air Force Base, DLA Aviation Customer Operations commanded by COL Rex Adee, USAF, and DLA Strategic Acquisitions at Tinker AFB, under Frances Evans, Acting Director, DLR Procurement Operations.
- The 552d Air Control Wing flies Air Combat Command's E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Tinker Air Force Base (TIK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,843 miles (17,449 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The 507th consists of three subordinate groups, 15 squadrons and five flights, employing approximately 1,155 men and women.
- The closest airport to Tinker Air Force Base (TIK) is Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) W of TIK.
- In addition to being known as "Tinker Air Force Base", another name for TIK is "Tinker AFB".
- Tinker is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components.
- The first of the public/private partnerships is The Oklahoma Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Technology Center, managed by Battelle Oklahoma, owned by Oklahoma Industries Authority, and partners with the Department of Defense to provide a national center for technical solutions to aging commercial and military aircraft.