Nonstop flight route between Big Spring, Texas, United States and Sindhri Tharparkar, Pakistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States and Sindhri Airport (MPD), Sindhri Tharparkar, Pakistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,388 miles (or 13,499 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 Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield and Sindhri 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 Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield and Sindhri Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGS / |
Airport Name: | Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield |
Location: | Big Spring, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°13'5"N by 101°31'17"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BGS |
More Information: | BGS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MPD / OPMP |
Airport Name: | Sindhri Airport |
Location: | Sindhri Tharparkar, Pakistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°41'0"N by 69°1'59"E |
Area Served: | Sindhri, Sindh, Pakistan |
Operator/Owner: | PAF |
Airport Type: | Mily |
Elevation: | 180 feet (55 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MPD |
More Information: | MPD Maps & Info |
Facts about Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS):
- 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.
- 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 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.
- At that time, nearly 6,000 students had graduated and the field's training aircraft had flown approximately 400,000 hours and more than 60 million miles.
- 78th Flying Training Wing
- In 1956, the Air Defense Command 331st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was transferred to Webb from Stewart Air Force Base in New York to defend the southern United States border on air intercept missions as part of the Central Air Defense Force.
Facts about Sindhri Airport (MPD):
- The furthest airport from Sindhri Airport (MPD) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Sindhri Airport (meaning Sindhri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,297 miles (19,790 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Because of Sindhri Airport's relatively low elevation of 180 feet, planes can take off or land at Sindhri 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 Sindhri Airport (MPD) is Hyderabad Airportحیدرآباد ہوائی اڈا (HDD), which is located 49 miles (78 kilometers) WSW of MPD.
- Sindhri Airport (MPD) currently has only 1 runway.