Nonstop flight route between Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal and Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Porto Santo Airport (PXO), Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal and Battle Mountain Airport (BAM), Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,264 miles (or 8,471 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 Porto Santo Airport and Battle Mountain 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 Porto Santo Airport and Battle Mountain Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Porto Santo Airport (PXO):

• The island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport.
• Because of Porto Santo Airport's relatively low elevation of 338 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto Santo 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.
• In addition to being known as "Porto Santo Airport", another name for PXO is "Aeroporto de Porto Santo".
• In 1959, its runway was built with an initial length of 2,000 m.
• Porto Santo Airport (PXO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Porto Santo Airport (PXO) is Madeira Airport (FNC), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) SW of PXO.
• The airport's infrastructure has improved over time, with increases to the runway length and in ramp surface.
• The furthest airport from Porto Santo Airport (PXO) is Lord Howe Island Airport (LDH), which is nearly antipodal to Porto Santo Airport (meaning Porto Santo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lord Howe Island Airport), and is located 12,150 miles (19,553 kilometers) away in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia.
• Porto Santo Airport handled 106,592 passengers last year.

Facts about Battle Mountain Airport (BAM):

• Several aerospace exhibits are available at the airport.
• Battle Mountain Airport (BAM) has 2 runways.
• The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Battle Mountain Flight Strip.
• Battle Mountain Airport, also known as Lander County Airport, is a public-use airport located 3 miles southeast of the central business district of Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States.
• Because of Battle Mountain Airport's high elevation of 4,532 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BAM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BAM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Battle Mountain Airport (BAM) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,030 miles (17,752 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• BAM is home to the Battle Mountain Air Attack Base which is run by the Bureau of Land Management.
• The closest airport to Battle Mountain Airport (BAM) is Winnemucca Municipal Airport (WMC), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) WNW of BAM.