Nonstop flight route between Bar Harbor, Maine, United States and Mountain View, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB), Bar Harbor, Maine, United States and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,793 miles (or 4,495 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield, 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 Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB):

• The closest airport to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) is Bangor International Airport (BGR), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NW of BHB.
• Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport covers an area of 468 acres at an elevation of 83 feet above mean sea level.
• Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) has 2 runways.
• Because of Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport's relatively low elevation of 83 feet, planes can take off or land at Hancock County-Bar Harbor 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.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,562 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 10,100 enplanements in 2009, and 11,109 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,703 miles (18,834 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• At its peak in the 1990s, NAS Moffett Field was the U.S.
• The airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
• Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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.
• In 1940, the US Navy proposed to the US Congress the development of a lighter-than-air station program for anti-submarine patrolling of the coast and harbors.
• The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
• In 2008, the Ames Research Center leased 42 acres around the field to Google.
• As an aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy wanted to use the airship hangars at Moffett for blimp operations along with Pacific Coast.
• The airport is near the south end of San Francisco Bay, northwest of San Jose.
• The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.