Nonstop flight route between Big Spring, Texas, United States and El Salvador, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States and Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR), El Salvador, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,552 miles (or 7,326 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 Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield and Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo 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 Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield and Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS):

• The airfield and flight line was converted to an uncontrolled/UNICOM-only general aviation airport renamed Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle Airport, serving the City of Big Spring.
• At that time, nearly 6,000 students had graduated and the field's training aircraft had flown approximately 400,000 hours and more than 60 million miles.
• In 1968, ATC established a single phase-pilot training squadron concept at Webb.
• The facility first was used by the United States Army Air Forces as Big Spring Army Air Field, opening on 28 April 1942 as part of the Central Flying Training Command.
• The closest airport to Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS) is Midland Airpark (MDD), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of BGS.
• The furthest airport from Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,166 miles (17,969 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Activated on 26 June 1942, the mission of Big Spring AAF was to train aviation cadets in high altitude precision bombing as bombardiers.

Facts about Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR):

• Because of Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport's high elevation of 5,240 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ESR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ESR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR) is Liping Airport (HZH), which is nearly antipodal to Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (meaning Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Liping Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Liping County, Guizhou, China.
• The closest airport to Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) W of ESR.
• Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR) currently has only 1 runway.