Nonstop flight route between Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina and Charleston, West Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Comandante Espora Airport (BHI), Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina and Yeager Airport (CRW), Charleston, West Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,468 miles (or 8,800 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 Comandante Espora Airport and Yeager 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 Comandante Espora Airport and Yeager Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Comandante Espora Airport (BHI):

• Because of Comandante Espora Airport's relatively low elevation of 246 feet, planes can take off or land at Comandante Espora 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.
• Comandante Espora Airport (BHI) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Comandante Espora Airport (BHI) is Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN), which is nearly antipodal to Comandante Espora Airport (meaning Comandante Espora Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tianjin Binhai International Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Tianjin, China.
• In addition to being known as "Comandante Espora Airport", another name for BHI is "Aeropuerto de Bahía Blanca - Comandante Espora".
• The closest airport to Comandante Espora Airport (BHI) is Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ), which is located 90 miles (144 kilometers) N of BHI.

Facts about Yeager Airport (CRW):

• On January 10, 2009 Colgan Air flight 6880 on behalf of United Airlines reported a hydraulics leak.
• The closest airport to Yeager Airport (CRW) is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SSE of CRW.
• Because of Yeager Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at Yeager 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.
• The furthest airport from Yeager Airport (CRW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport sits on a hilltop over 300 feet above the valleys of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers, and the hill drops off sharply on all sides.
• On February 27, 2008 Yeager's Governing Board voted to close the secondary runway, Rwy 15/33, to allow construction of two new hangars and ramp space for four more C-130s to be based at the Air National Guard facility.
• Yeager Airport (CRW) has 2 runways.
• On February 8, 2010, a Freedom Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 on flight 6121 to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport on behalf of Delta Air Lines with 46 passengers and 3 crew, rejected takeoff from Charleston at high speed and came to a safe stop about 400 feet short of the runway end.
• On March 3, 2011, Spirit Airlines began flights to Fort Lauderdale and on May 5, 2011, Spirit started seasonal flights between Charleston and Myrtle Beach.