Nonstop flight route between Jixi, Heilongjiang, China and Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jixi Xingkaihu Airport (JXA), Jixi, Heilongjiang, China and Biggs Army Airfield (BIF), Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,008 miles (or 9,669 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 Jixi Xingkaihu Airport and Biggs Army Airfield, 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 Jixi Xingkaihu Airport and Biggs Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jixi Xingkaihu Airport (JXA):

• In addition to being known as "Jixi Xingkaihu Airport", other names for JXA include "鸡西兴凯湖机场" and "Jīxi Xìngkǎihú Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Jixi Xingkaihu Airport (JXA) is Mudanjiang Hailang Airport (MDG), which is located 88 miles (142 kilometers) SW of JXA.
• The furthest airport from Jixi Xingkaihu Airport (JXA) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 11,841 miles (19,057 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.

Facts about Biggs Army Airfield (BIF):

• The 97th Air Refueling Squadron, activated in March 1949, saw its manning increase as it received its first KB-29P in January 1950.
• The closest airport to Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) is El Paso International Airport (ELP), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) S of BIF.
• With the inactivation of the 362d, its personnel and aircraft were assigned to the newly reactivated 20th Fighter Group.
• In addition to being known as "Biggs Army Airfield", another name for BIF is "Biggs Air Force BaseBiggs Field".
• With the activation of TAC, the new command assigned Headquarters, Ninth Air Force to Biggs on 28 March upon its return from Germany.
• With the arrival of the 95th Bomb Wing in June 1952, the host unit at Biggs was changed to the SAC 810th Air Division, which operationally controlled both the 97th and 95th Bombardment Wings.
• The furthest airport from Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,387 miles (18,325 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In 1920 Camp Owen Bierne opened on the site of the current airbase as a base for airship operations but the units were soon disbanded.
• Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) currently has only 1 runway.