Nonstop flight route between Bishop, California, United States and Nagoya, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH), Bishop, California, United States and Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO), Nagoya, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,502 miles (or 8,854 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 Chūbu Centrair 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 Chūbu Centrair 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.
• Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH) has 3 runways.
• After the end of World War II, Bishop AAF was turned over to Air Technical Service Command as a storage airfield.
• The airfield opened in April 1940 on 897.22 acres subleased from Inyo County.

Facts about Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO):

• Because of Chūbu Centrair International Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Chūbu Centrair 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.
• In addition to being known as "Chūbu Centrair International Airport", other names for NGO include "中部国際空港" and "Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō".
• The furthest airport from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,886 miles (19,128 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• With much lobbying by local business groups such as Toyota, especially for 24-hour cargo flights, construction started August 2000, with a budget of JPY¥768 billion, but through efficient management nearly ¥100 billion was saved.Penta-Ocean Construction was a major contractor.
• Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) currently has only 1 runway.
• United Airlines suspended service on the Nagoya-San Francisco route in 2008.
• Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chūbu region of Japan.
• The airport announced in March 2013 that it would open a second 30,000 m² terminal for low-cost airlines by summer 2014.
• The closest airport to Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) is Nagoya Airfield (NKM), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of NGO.
• A toll road links Centrair and the mainland.