Nonstop flight route between Bari, Italy and Hondo, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), Bari, Italy and South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), Hondo, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,078 miles (or 9,782 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport and South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport and South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI):

• However, the traffic increase showed the infrastructural limitations of the airport and in 2002 the founding stone of the new passenger terminal was laid out.
• The furthest airport from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,739 miles (18,892 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport", another name for BRI is "Aeroporto di Bari-Karol Wojtyła".
• Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport handled 3,780,112 passengers last year.
• Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SE of BRI.
• Because of Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Bari Karol Wojtyła 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.

Facts about South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO):

• The closest airport to South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO) is Garner Field (UVA), which is located 36 miles (57 kilometers) WSW of HDO.
• Because of South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo's relatively low elevation of 930 feet, planes can take off or land at South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo 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.
• Between 1945 and 1951 civilian operators such as the Hollaway flying school trained student pilots at the former base under the GI Bill.
• South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO) has 4 runways.
• After the mid-1970s the base housed a number of businesses, including a fiberglass-products plant, a greenhouse, a national guard armory, and the Medina Electric Cooperative.
• The furthest airport from South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,157 miles (17,955 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In 1957 a golf course was constructed on the base through the efforts of base commander Lt Col Earl V.