Nonstop flight route between Big Spring, Texas, United States and Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States and Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ), Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,436 miles (or 11,967 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 Wenzhou Longwan International 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 Wenzhou Longwan International 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.
• Construction of the Army Air Forces Bombardier School began on 15 May 1942, and the airfield received its first class of cadets on 16 September 1942.
• In August 1972, ATC established a pilot instructor training course for Vietnamese Air Force instructors at Webb AFB, Texas.
• 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 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.
• In its continuing effort to cut costs, ATC made some major changes in the undergraduate pilot training program.
• The airfield was activated as Big Spring Air Force Base on 1 October 1951 by the United States Air Force Air Training Command and established the 3560th Pilot Training Wing.

Facts about Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ):

• The furthest airport from Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) is Resistencia International Airport (RES), which is nearly antipodal to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (meaning Wenzhou Longwan International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Resistencia International Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,963 kilometers) away in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
• The airport can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A300.
• In addition to being known as "Wenzhou Longwan International Airport", other names for WNZ include "温州龙湾国际机场" and "Wēnzhōu Lóngwān Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Wenzhou Longwan International Airport handled 5,326,802 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) is Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) NE of WNZ.
• Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) currently has only 1 runway.