Nonstop flight route between Providence, Rhode Island, United States and Big Spring, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between T. F. Green Airport (PVD), Providence, Rhode Island, United States and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,775 miles (or 2,857 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 relatively short distance between T. F. Green Airport and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about T. F. Green Airport (PVD):

• T. F. Green Airport (PVD) has 2 runways.
• A new terminal opened on Post Road.
• United 1448 sounding confused then radioed that they were near taxiway Kilo, and as they re-entered Runway 5R/23L, reported that "somebody just took off" overhead, referring to FedEx 1662 that had indeed just become airborne in very close proximity to the United aircraft.
• The Rhode Island Airport Corporation owns some residential property on the eastern side of the airport near the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting building.
• In addition to being known as "T. F. Green Airport", another name for PVD is "Theodore Francis Green Memorial State Airport".
• The furthest airport from T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,792 miles (18,977 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of T. F. Green Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at T. F. Green 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.
• Previously Southwest Airlines serviced the longest domestic routes from the airport to Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona.
• The closest airport to T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is North Central State Airport (SFZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNW of PVD.
• On March 1, 2012 TF Green Airport was given the go-ahead to expand the runway and improve the safety of the secondary runway.

Facts about Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS):

• Activated on 26 June 1942, the mission of Big Spring AAF was to train aviation cadets in high altitude precision bombing as bombardiers.
• The furthest airport from Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,166 miles (17,969 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• By the mid-1970s, the end of the Vietnam War, the associated financial costs of that conflict and related cuts in USAF force structure and future defense budgets meant a marked decrease in the need for Air Force pilots.
• The airfield and flight line was converted to an uncontrolled/UNICOM-only general aviation airport renamed Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle Airport, serving the City of Big Spring.
• The Air Force established a standard wing structure—a dual deputy concept—in 1963.
• The closest airport to Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS) is Midland Airpark (MDD), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of BGS.
• The facility was brought back into service as a primary training installation because of the Korean War and the need for additional pilots.