Nonstop flight route between Verona, Italy and Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Verona Airport (VRN), Verona, Italy and Biggs Army Airfield (BIF), Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,812 miles (or 9,354 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 Verona 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 Verona 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 Verona Airport (VRN):

• Verona airport is equipped with a fog-dispersal device, which is the best solution available in Italy and abroad in order to allow flying operations even in case of low visibility.
• Verona Airport (VRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Verona Villafranca was a military airport during the First World War and opened to civil traffic in the early 1910s with some charter flights to the North of Europe and daily connections to Rome.
• In addition to being known as "Verona Airport", another name for VRN is "Aeroporto di Verona-Villafranca".
• The furthest airport from Verona Airport (VRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Verona Airport (meaning Verona Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,059 miles (19,408 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Verona Airport handled 3,198,788 passengers last year.
• Because of Verona Airport's relatively low elevation of 240 feet, planes can take off or land at Verona 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.
• The closest airport to Verona Airport (VRN) is Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (VBS), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) W of VRN.

Facts about Biggs Army Airfield (BIF):

• 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.
• Operational with the B-52B by 1960, the 95th Bomb Wing was part of SAC's nuclear deterrent force, and performed airborne alert patrols.
• Biggs Field is now the home of the United States Army 1st Armored Division.
• 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.
• Beginning in 1950, the 97th Bomb Wing received its first B-50 Superfortress, an improved version of the B-29 capable of delivering atomic weapons.
• In April 1943, the airfield came under the command of the Second Air Force and became headquarters for the XX Bomber Command.
• Biggs Army Airfield (BIF) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• On 27 September 1947, Biggs Army Airfield became Biggs Air Force Base with the establishment of the United States Air Force, replacing the Army Air Forces.