Nonstop flight route between Big Spring, Texas, United States and Evenes, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States and Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), Evenes, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,805 miles (or 7,733 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 Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, 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 Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes. 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):

• 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.
• Webb Air Force Base, previously named Big Spring Air Force Base, was a United States Air Force facility of the Air Training Command that operated from 1951 to 1977 in west Texas within the current city limits of Big Spring.
• The base was declared surplus and was turned over to the War Assets Administration after being closed.
• In its continuing effort to cut costs, ATC made some major changes in the undergraduate pilot training program.
• 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.
• Emblem of the AAF Bombardier School Big Spring AAF
• 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.

Facts about Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE):

• A government committee which had received a mandate to consider future airports, concluded with a report on 16 December 1964.
• The closest airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) is Narvik Airport, Framnes (NVK), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) E of EVE.
• The air force has started upgrading Evenes Air Station to be used first for the F-16 Fighting Falcon from 2016 and the F-35 from 2019.
• In addition to being known as "Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes", another name for EVE is "Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, Evenes".
• Because of Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes's relatively low elevation of 85 feet, planes can take off or land at Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes 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 furthest airport from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,667 miles (17,167 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The airport served 654,977 passengers and 9,878 aircraft movements and handled 619 tonnes of cargo in 2013.
• Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes handled 654,977 passengers last year.
• Seaplane services to Harstad and Narvik started in 1935.
• The terminal has a capacity for 1,200 passengers per hour and has five gates.