Nonstop flight route between Basel, Switzerland and Sardeh Band, Afghanistan:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from BSL to SBF:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- BSL Airport Information
- SBF Airport Information
- Facts about BSL
- Facts about SBF
- Map of Nearest Airports to BSL
- List of Nearest Airports to BSL
- Map of Furthest Airports from BSL
- List of Furthest Airports from BSL
- Map of Nearest Airports to SBF
- List of Nearest Airports to SBF
- Map of Furthest Airports from SBF
- List of Furthest Airports from SBF
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), Basel, Switzerland and Sardeh Band Airport (SBF), Sardeh Band, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,270 miles (or 5,262 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 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg and Sardeh Band 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 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg and Sardeh Band Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BSL / LFSB |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Basel, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°35'24"N by 7°31'45"E |
Area Served: | Basel, Switzerland Mulhouse, France Freiburg, Germany |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 885 feet (270 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BSL |
More Information: | BSL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBF / OADS |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Sardeh Band, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°19'15"N by 68°38'11"E |
Area Served: | Band E Sardeh Dam |
Elevation: | 6971 feet (2,125 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SBF |
More Information: | SBF Maps & Info |
Facts about EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL):
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) is EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BSL.
- Because of EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg's relatively low elevation of 885 feet, planes can take off or land at EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 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.
- Prior to the formation of Swiss International Air Lines, the regional airline Crossair was headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport.
- Crossair was based at Basel and was its largest airline.
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg handled 5,880,771 passengers last year.
- The airport building is split into two separate sections – Swiss and French.
- The furthest airport from EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (meaning EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg", other names for BSL include "Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse", "Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen" and "BSL, MLH".
- Plans for the construction of a joint Swiss-French airport started in the 1930s, but were halted by the Second World War.
Facts about Sardeh Band Airport (SBF):
- The closest airport to Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) is Ghazni Airport (GZI), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of SBF.
- Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Sardeh Band Airport's high elevation of 6,971 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SBF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SBF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Though the airstrip is still evident against the surrounding desert, it has not been maintained since Russian military Forces withdrew from Afghanistan and there are no structures to support it.
- In addition to being known as "Sardeh Band Airport", other names for SBF include "Sardeh Band Airport (Sardeh Band)" and "Band E Sardeh Dam Airport".
- On 12 June 2002 a Lockheed MC-130H Hercules was participating in a night exfiltration mission to remove U.S.
- The furthest airport from Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,996 miles (19,306 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.