Nonstop flight route between Bishop, California, United States and Dabolim, Goa, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH), Bishop, California, United States and Goa International Airport (GOI), Dabolim, Goa, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,707 miles (or 14,012 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 Goa 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 Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield and Goa 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 Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH):

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• After the end of World War II, Bishop AAF was turned over to Air Technical Service Command as a storage airfield.
• Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH) has 3 runways.
• The airport covers 830 acres at an elevation of 4,124 ft.

Facts about Goa International Airport (GOI):

• The foundation stone for the terminal was laid on 21 February 2009, the project work began in May 2010 and construction of the terminal began in May 2011.
• Goa International Airport (GOI) currently has only 1 runway.
• By 2005, total passengers had increased to 987,700.
• The furthest airport from Goa International Airport (GOI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,596 miles (18,662 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The airport was built by the government of the Estado da Índia Portuguesa in the 1950s on 249 acres of land.
• The closest airport to Goa International Airport (GOI) is Belgaum Airport (IXG), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) ENE of GOI.
• The Navy's premises straddle the Dabolim runway and consequently its personnel cross at one point between flights.
• In addition to being known as "Goa International Airport", another name for GOI is "Dabolim AirportAeroporto de Dabolim".
• Because of Goa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Goa International 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.
• Meanwhile the local base commander of the Indian Navy has urged the Goa government to expedite the Mopa Airport project unambiguously drawing a line on the availability of any more land for civilian purposes.
• Once two vital road bridges across the main waterways of Goa were built in the early 1980s and Goa hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 1983, the charter flight business began to take off at Dabolim a few years later, pioneered by Condor Airlines of Germany.
• Dabolim's air traffic control is in the hands of the Indian Navy, which earns revenues from this service on account of aircraft movements.