Nonstop flight route between Huesca, Spain and Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK), Huesca, Spain and Biggs Army Airfield (BIF), Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,505 miles (or 8,859 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 Huesca–Pirineos Airport and Biggs 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 Huesca–Pirineos Airport and Biggs 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 Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK):

• In addition to being known as "Huesca–Pirineos Airport", other names for HSK include "Aeropuerto de Huesca-Pirineos" and "HSK[1]".
• The airport is located 9 kilometres southeast of the city of Huesca, near the villages of Monflorite-Lascasas and Alcalá del Obispo.
• Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK) is Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) SW of HSK.
• The furthest airport from Huesca–Pirineos Airport (HSK) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is nearly antipodal to Huesca–Pirineos Airport (meaning Huesca–Pirineos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hood Aerodrome), and is located 12,214 miles (19,657 kilometers) away in Masterton, New Zealand.

Facts about Biggs Army Airfield (BIF):

• The furthest airport from Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,387 miles (18,325 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• While in Alaska, the 97th Bombardment Wing had been activated under the Hobson Plan, and the 97th Bomb Group became a subordinate organization under the wing.
• Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) currently has only 1 runway.
• A period of organization and continued construction followed, with II Bomber Command taking over training.
• The closest airport to Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) is El Paso International Airport (ELP), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) S of BIF.
• In addition to being known as "Biggs Army Airfield", another name for BIF is "Biggs Air Force BaseBiggs Field".
• With the arrival of the 95th Bomb Wing in June 1952, the host unit at Biggs was changed to the SAC 810th Air Division, which operationally controlled both the 97th and 95th Bombardment Wings.