Nonstop flight route between Tartagal, Salta, Argentina and Big Spring, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (TTG), Tartagal, Salta, Argentina and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,535 miles (or 7,298 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 Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring 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 Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring 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 Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (TTG):

• The closest airport to Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (TTG) is Bermejo Airport (BJO), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WSW of TTG.
• Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (TTG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport", another name for TTG is "Aeropuerto de Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi”".
• The furthest airport from Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (TTG) is Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (SWA), which is nearly antipodal to Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport (meaning Tartagal "General Enrique Mosconi" Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,907 kilometers) away in Jieyang / Shantou / Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.

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

• Instruction of the first class began in April 1952.
• Webb Air Force Base, previously named Big Spring Air Force Base, was a United States Air Force facility of the Air Training Command that operated from 1951 to 1977 in west Texas within the current city limits of Big Spring.
• Construction of the Army Air Forces Bombardier School began on 15 May 1942, and the airfield received its first class of cadets on 16 September 1942.
• 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.
• Big Spring Army Airfield
• 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 airfield was activated as Big Spring Air Force Base on 1 October 1951 by the United States Air Force Air Training Command and established the 3560th Pilot Training Wing.
• 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 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.