Nonstop flight route between Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany and Bishop, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH), Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany and Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH), Bishop, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,741 miles (or 9,240 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 Friedrichshafen Airport 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 Friedrichshafen Airport and Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FDH / EDNY |
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Location: | Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°40'17"N by 9°30'41"E |
Area Served: | Friedrichshafen, Germany and Lake Constance |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1358 feet (414 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FDH |
More Information: | FDH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIH / KBIH |
Airport Name: | Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield |
Location: | Bishop, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°22'23"N by 118°21'48"W |
Area Served: | Bishop, California |
Operator/Owner: | City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4124 feet (1,257 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BIH |
More Information: | BIH Maps & Info |
Facts about Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH):
- The closest airport to Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) is St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) S of FDH.
- Presently, a yearly aviation conference hosts the latest in European aircraft designs.
- The furthest airport from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Friedrichshafen Airport (meaning Friedrichshafen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,045 miles (19,384 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Friedrichshafen can be reached from all directions via federal highways B30 and B31 which are connected to several motorways like the A96 from Munich or the A13/A14 from Austria and Switzerland.
- In addition to being known as "Friedrichshafen Airport", another name for FDH is "Flughafen Friedrichshafen".
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.
- Eastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop Army Airfield (BIH) has 3 runways.
- The airfield opened in April 1940 on 897.22 acres subleased from Inyo County.
- 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.