Nonstop flight route between Bilbao, Spain and Ji'an, Jiangxi, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bilbao Airport (BIO), Bilbao, Spain and Jinggangshan Airport (JGS), Ji'an, Jiangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,185 miles (or 9,953 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 Bilbao Airport and Jinggangshan 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 Bilbao Airport and Jinggangshan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bilbao Airport (BIO):

• Bilbao Airport (BIO) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Bilbao Airport (BIO) is Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSE of BIO.
• Between 1964 and 1965, an instrumental ILS landing system and a meteorological radio for storm detection were installed.
• Because of Bilbao Airport's relatively low elevation of 137 feet, planes can take off or land at Bilbao 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 1940, it was decided by common agreement with the local organisations affected to build a civilian airport in Sondika.
• After various aeronautic experiments in the province of Biscay, in October 1927 steps were taken by the Union of Public Works to establish an airport in Bilbao.
• The furthest airport from Bilbao Airport (BIO) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is nearly antipodal to Bilbao Airport (meaning Bilbao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hood Aerodrome), and is located 12,260 miles (19,730 kilometers) away in Masterton, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Bilbao Airport", another name for BIO is "Bilboko aireportua (eu) Aeropuerto de Bilbao (es)".
• Bilbao Airport handled 3,800,789 passengers last year.
• There has been some criticism of Santiago Calatrava's design by Aena, the Spanish airport authority, because it seems difficult to make further enlargements in the terminal's capacity because the design is too closed.

Facts about Jinggangshan Airport (JGS):

• Because of Jinggangshan Airport's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Jinggangshan 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 "Jinggangshan Airport", other names for JGS include "井冈山机场" and "Jǐnggāngshān Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Jinggangshan Airport (JGS) is Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC), which is nearly antipodal to Jinggangshan Airport (meaning Jinggangshan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport), and is located 12,427 miles (19,999 kilometers) away in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Jinggangshan Airport (JGS) is Ganzhou Huangjin Airport (KOW), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) S of JGS.