Nonstop flight route between Daggett, California, United States and Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG), Daggett, California, United States and Blackbushe Airport (BBS), Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,333 miles (or 8,582 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 Barstow-Daggett Airport and Blackbushe 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 Barstow-Daggett Airport and Blackbushe Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG):

• Barstow-Daggett Airport covers 1,087 acres at an elevation of 1,930 feet above mean sea level.
• Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG) has 2 runways.
• On 12 November 1942, the Secretary of War and Standard Oil Co.
• The site was classified as surplus on 15 November 1945.
• The closest airport to Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG) is Apple Valley Airport (APV), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SW of DAG.
• The furthest airport from Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,394 miles (18,336 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Blackbushe Airport (BBS):

• Unless looking at aerial views or maps, it is hard to visualise that this was once a significant airport for passenger and cargo charter flights for the London area.
• Blackbushe Airport (BBS) currently has only 1 runway.
• From the early 1950s, the United States Navy had a facility on the north-east edge of the airport which frequently handled visiting naval aircraft.
• The closest airport to Blackbushe Airport (BBS) is Farnborough Airport (FAB), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) SE of BBS.
• In February 1947 the airfield was opened as Blackbushe Airport under the control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
• Because of Blackbushe Airport's relatively low elevation of 325 feet, planes can take off or land at Blackbushe 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.
• Overseas-based charter airlines often used Blackbushe for their flight to the UK, normally finding that the airfield was open for operations, even when other airports in the London area were closed by fog.
• The RAF Station was closed on 15 November 1946.
• Blackbushe Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
• The furthest airport from Blackbushe Airport (BBS) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,884 miles (19,126 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.