Nonstop flight route between Bishop, California, United States and Brive-la-Gaillarde, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH), Bishop, California, United States and Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE), Brive-la-Gaillarde, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,622 miles (or 9,048 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 Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield and Brive–Souillac 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 Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield and Brive–Souillac Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIH / KBIH | 
| Airport Name: | Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield | 
| Location: | Bishop, California, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°22'23"N by 118°21'48"W | 
| Area Served: | Bishop, California | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 4124 feet (1,257 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BIH | 
| More Information: | BIH Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BVE / LFSL | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°2'22"N by 1°29'8"E | 
| Area Served: | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | 
| Operator/Owner: | Régie personnalisée de l'aéroport de Brive-Souillac | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 1016 feet (310 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from BVE | 
| More Information: | BVE Maps & Info | 
Facts about Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH):
- The airfield opened in April 1940 on 897.22 acres subleased from Inyo County.
- The closest airport to Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH) is Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) NW of BIH.
- After the end of World War II, Bishop AAF was turned over to Air Technical Service Command as a storage airfield.
- The furthest airport from Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,267 miles (18,133 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Eastern Sierra Regional Airport is two miles east of Bishop, in Inyo County, California.
- Because of Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield's high elevation of 4,124 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BIH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BIH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH) has 3 runways.
Facts about Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE):
- Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Brive–Souillac Airport (meaning Brive–Souillac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,304 miles (19,802 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) is Périgueux - Bassillac Airport (PGX), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) WNW of BVE.
- In addition to being known as "Brive–Souillac Airport", other names for BVE include "Brive–Dordogne Valley Airport" and "Aéroport de Brive – Vallée de la Dordogne".




