Nonstop flight route between Bilbao, Spain and Lewiston, Idaho, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bilbao Airport (BIO), Bilbao, Spain and Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS), Lewiston, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,048 miles (or 8,124 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 Bilbao Airport and Lewiston-Nez Perce County 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 Bilbao Airport and Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIO / LEBB |
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Location: | Bilbao, Spain |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°18'3"N by 2°54'38"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 137 feet (42 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from BIO |
More Information: | BIO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LWS / KLWS |
Airport Name: | Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport |
Location: | Lewiston, Idaho, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°22'27"N by 117°0'55"W |
Area Served: | Lewiston, Idaho Clarkston, Washington |
Operator/Owner: | City of Lewiston & Nez Perce County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1442 feet (440 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LWS |
More Information: | LWS Maps & Info |
Facts about Bilbao Airport (BIO):
- The furthest airport from Bilbao Airport (BIO) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is nearly antipodal to Bilbao Airport (meaning Bilbao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hood Aerodrome), and is located 12,260 miles (19,730 kilometers) away in Masterton, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Bilbao Airport (BIO) is Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSE of BIO.
- The construction works commenced during the Civil War but during this time and until June 1937 the airport was only used as a base for military activities.
- On 19 February 1985, an Iberia flight from Madrid crashed into Mount Oiz, all passengers and crew died.
- There has been some criticism of Santiago Calatrava's design by Aena, the Spanish airport authority, because it seems difficult to make further enlargements in the terminal's capacity because the design is too closed.
- Because of Bilbao Airport's relatively low elevation of 137 feet, planes can take off or land at Bilbao 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.
- Bilbao Airport (BIO) has 2 runways.
- The airport has seen a constant increase in its traffic numbers, the old terminal was already saturated and obsolete in 1990, although it had been renewed only a few years earlier.
- In addition to being known as "Bilbao Airport", another name for BIO is "Bilboko aireportua (eu) Aeropuerto de Bilbao (es)".
- Bilbao Airport handled 3,800,789 passengers last year.
Facts about Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS):
- Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) has 2 runways.
- Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles south of the central business district of Lewiston, a city in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States.
- Horizon Air began service to Lewiston and Pullman-Moscow in March 1983.SkyWest Airlines initiated service to Lewiston in June 1996 as a Delta feeder, but only for only a year, then returned as the Delta Connection in January 2005.
- The closest airport to Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) is Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (PUW), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) N of LWS.
- The furthest airport from Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport (LWS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,717 miles (17,248 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Lewiston was served by West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27s during the 1960s.
- The municipal golf course adjacent to the west, Bryden Canyon, was designed and built in the early 1970s, and opened in March 1975.
- The early jet service was by Air West Douglas DC-9s and BAC One-Elevens of Cascade Airways, supplemented with turboprops of both airlines.