Nonstop flight route between Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom and Hollister, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Blackbushe Airport (BBS), Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom and Hollister Municipal Airport (HLI), Hollister, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,362 miles (or 8,630 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 Blackbushe Airport and Hollister Municipal 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 Blackbushe Airport and Hollister Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Blackbushe Airport (BBS):

• The RAF Station was closed on 15 November 1946.
• Blackbushe Airport (BBS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Blackbushe Airport (BBS) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,884 miles (19,126 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Blackbushe Airport (BBS) is Farnborough Airport (FAB), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) SE of BBS.
• Later, British Car Auctions took over the airport and developed it as a centre of private, business and executive aviation.
• Overall, Blackbushe Airport is very significant in the UK's aviation history.
• Because of Blackbushe Airport's relatively low elevation of 325 feet, planes can take off or land at Blackbushe 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.
• Blackbushe Airport is an operational general aviation airport in the civil parish of Yateley in the north-east corner of the English county of Hampshire.
• Overseas-based charter airlines often used Blackbushe for their flight to the UK, normally finding that the airfield was open for operations, even when other airports in the London area were closed by fog.

Facts about Hollister Municipal Airport (HLI):

• Because of Hollister Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 230 feet, planes can take off or land at Hollister 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.
• A record for glider flight distance from Hollister was set on June 21, 2008 by Eric Rupp with a flight to Calexico on the Mexican border, 444 miles away.
• In addition to being known as "Hollister Municipal Airport", another name for HLI is "CVH".
• The closest airport to Hollister Municipal Airport (HLI) is Salinas Municipal AirportSalinas Army Air Base (SNS), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SW of HLI.
• Hollister Municipal Airport (HLI) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Hollister Municipal Airport (HLI) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,368 miles (18,295 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.