Nonstop flight route between Big Spring, Texas, United States and Heho, Myanmar (Burma):

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States and Heho Airport (HEH), Heho, Myanmar (Burma) would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,582 miles (or 13,812 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 Heho 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 Heho 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 Air Force established a standard wing structure—a dual deputy concept—in 1963.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Heho Airport (HEH):

• Heho Airport is an airport serving Heho, a town in Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Burma.
• Heho Airport (HEH) currently has only 1 runway.
• Old Building of Heho Airport
• The furthest airport from Heho Airport (HEH) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,769 miles (18,940 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Heho Airport", another name for HEH is "ဟဲဟိုးလေဆိပ်".
• The airport served as an airbase both for the Allies and the Japanese during World War II.
• The closest airport to Heho Airport (HEH) is Loikaw Airport (LIW), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) SSE of HEH.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 3,858 feet above mean sea level.