Nonstop flight route between Bishop, California, United States and Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH), Bishop, California, United States and Pagadian Airport (PAG), Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,379 miles (or 11,876 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 Pagadian 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 Pagadian 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):

• The USAF subleased from Inyo County runway use rights and a heliport area of 4.76 acres known as the Bishop Test Site from 15 November 1965 to 19 June 1971 and from 25 November 1980 to 30 September 1985.
• 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.

Facts about Pagadian Airport (PAG):

• The furthest airport from Pagadian Airport (PAG) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Pagadian Airport (meaning Pagadian Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,293 miles (19,783 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Pagadian Airport", another name for PAG is "Paliparan ng PagadianTugpahanan sa Pagadian".
• PAL Express, a subsidiary of the Philippine Airlines, recently terminated its Manila-Pagadian-Manila and Cebu-Pagadian-Cebu routes but still maintains its ticketing office inside the airport.
• Under Aquino's PPP program, the airport is scheduled to receive 42 million subsidy for upgrading of its facilities.
• The airport is located approximately 5 kilometers from the city center and is situated in Barangays Muricay and Tiguma, Pagadian City.
• The airport officially recommenced commercial operation on April 27, 2010 accommodating the first Cebu Pacific flight from Cebu City to Pagadian.
• Pagadian Airport (PAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Pagadian Airport (PAG) is Labo Airport (OZC), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) NE of PAG.
• Because of Pagadian Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Pagadian 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.