Nonstop flight route between Kittilä, Finland and Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kittilä Airport (KTT), Kittilä, Finland and Biggs Army Airfield (BIF), Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,112 miles (or 8,227 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 Kittilä 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 Kittilä 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 Kittilä Airport (KTT):

• The furthest airport from Kittilä Airport (KTT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,612 miles (17,078 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Kittilä Airport (KTT) is Enontekiö Airport (ENF), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NW of KTT.
• In addition to being known as "Kittilä Airport", another name for KTT is "Kittilän lentoasema".
• Kittilä Airport (KTT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kittilä Airport's relatively low elevation of 644 feet, planes can take off or land at Kittilä 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.
• Kittilä Airport handled 214,493 passengers last year.

Facts about Biggs Army Airfield (BIF):

• In 1958, the ability of the B-47 to penetrate Soviet airspace became compromised by improvements to the Soviet air defense system.
• 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.
• With the inactivation of the 362d, its personnel and aircraft were assigned to the newly reactivated 20th Fighter Group.
• In addition to being known as "Biggs Army Airfield", another name for BIF is "Biggs Air Force BaseBiggs Field".
• In 1920 Camp Owen Bierne opened on the site of the current airbase as a base for airship operations but the units were soon disbanded.
• 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.
• Between the two World Wars, Biggs served as a refueling stop for transient aircraft.
• Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) currently has only 1 runway.