Nonstop flight route between Beihan, Yemen and Hemet, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beihan Airport (BHN), Beihan, Yemen and Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT), Hemet, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,897 miles (or 14,319 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 Beihan Airport and Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field, 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 Beihan Airport and Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beihan Airport (BHN):

• The furthest airport from Beihan Airport (BHN) is Pukarua Airport (PUK), which is nearly antipodal to Beihan Airport (meaning Beihan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pukarua Airport), and is located 12,134 miles (19,527 kilometers) away in Pukarua, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Beihan Airport (BHN) is Ataq Airport (AXK), which is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) ESE of BHN.
• Beihan Airport (BHN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT):

• The United States Forest Service commenced air tanker loading operations in 1957, and in 1959 California Division of Forestry began their operation at Ryan field.
• Hemet-Ryan is a main Cal Fire Air Attack Base, also used for civilian purposes, Civil Air Patrol meetings, and more.
• In June 2007, The Hemet-Ryan Airport was approved $2.5 million from the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and over $25 million from the state for the redevelopment of the air-attack facilities.
• The closest airport to Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT) is Banning Municipal Airport (BNG), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NE of HMT.
• Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT) has 2 runways.
• For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 75,444 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 206 per day.
• The furthest airport from Hemet-Ryan AirportRyan Field (HMT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,471 miles (18,460 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Apart from hosting Cal Fire air attack operations, the Hemet-Ryan is also home to a Riverside County Sheriff's Department aviation unit.
• For over 50 years, Hemet-Ryan was a popular site for operating sailplanes.
• Flight training was performed with PT-17 Stearmans as the primary trainer, along with Ryan PT-21 Recruits.
• From the beginning of Ryan Air Attack Base, Cal Fire and the USFS used privately owned contracted World War II vintage aircraft.