Nonstop flight route between Brønnøysund, Nordland, Norway and Bishop, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN), Brønnøysund, Nordland, Norway and Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH), Bishop, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,856 miles (or 7,814 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 Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy and Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield, 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 Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy and Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN):

• Planning started in 1966 and construction commenced the following year.
• Because of Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy's relatively low elevation of 25 feet, planes can take off or land at Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy 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.
• Seaplane routes resumed in 1947 using the Junkers Ju 52.
• Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,904 miles (17,549 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• No primary airports had been built in Helgeland by the mid-1960s.
• The closest airport to Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (BNN) is Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (SSJ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NNE of BNN.
• The first aircraft to land in Brønnøysund was a Hansa-Brandenburg seaplane of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service on 23 July 1922.
• In addition to being known as "Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy", another name for BNN is "Brønnøysund lufthavn, Brønnøy".
• The airport is located 2.5 kilometers southeast of the town center of Brønnøysund.
• Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy is a regional airport located at the town of Brønnøysund, in the municipality of Brønnøy, Nordland county, Norway.
• Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy handled 130,349 passengers last year.

Facts about Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH):

• The airport covers 830 acres at an elevation of 4,124 ft.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH) has 3 runways.