Nonstop flight route between Bay City, Texas, United States and Biak, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bay City Municipal Airport (BBC), Bay City, Texas, United States and Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), Biak, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,519 miles (or 13,709 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 Bay City Municipal Airport and Frans Kaisiepo 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 Bay City Municipal Airport and Frans Kaisiepo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bay City Municipal Airport (BBC):

• The furthest airport from Bay City Municipal Airport (BBC) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,018 miles (17,732 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Bay City Municipal Airport (BBC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bay City Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles east of the central business district of Bay City, in Matagorda County, Texas, United States.
• Because of Bay City Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 45 feet, planes can take off or land at Bay City Municipal 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.
• The closest airport to Bay City Municipal Airport (BBC) is Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LJN), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) ENE of BBC.
• In addition to being known as "Bay City Municipal Airport", another name for BBC is "BYY".

Facts about Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK):

• The closest airport to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Kornasoren Airport (FOO), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) WNW of BIK.
• The furthest airport from Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) is Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), which is nearly antipodal to Frans Kaisiepo Airport (meaning Frans Kaisiepo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in São Luís, Brazil.
• On 1 May 1963, the airport was given over once again from UNTEA to the government of Indonesia.
• Frans Kaisiepo Airport handled 366 passengers last year.
• Mokmer Airfield was part of a complex of airfields built on Biak Island by the Japanese, of which Mokmer was the main USAAF facility after the island was taken by the United States after fierce fighting in late May and June 1944.
• In addition to being known as "Frans Kaisiepo Airport", another name for BIK is "Bandara Frans Kaisiepo".
• Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Frans Kaisiepo Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Frans Kaisiepo 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.
• With the advent of jet airliners such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, the airport went through another modernization to start accommodating them.