Nonstop flight route between Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines and Greenwood, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Laguindingan Airport (CGY), Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines and Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO), Greenwood, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,749 miles (or 14,080 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 Laguindingan Airport and Greenwood-Leflore 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 Laguindingan Airport and Greenwood-Leflore Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGY / RP02 |
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Location: | Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°36'45"N by 124°27'25"E |
Area Served: | Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CGY |
More Information: | CGY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWO / KGWO |
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Location: | Greenwood, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°29'39"N by 90°5'4"W |
Area Served: | Greenwood, Mississippi |
Operator/Owner: | Greenwood City & Leflore County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 155 feet (47 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from GWO |
More Information: | GWO Maps & Info |
Facts about Laguindingan Airport (CGY):
- The airport project is implemented by the Philippine Government through the Department of Transportation and Communications.
- The closest airport to Laguindingan Airport (CGY) is Maria Cristina Airport (IGN), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SSW of CGY.
- The Laguindingan Airport Development Project was inaugurated on January 10, 2006 with groundbreaking ceremonies presided by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who advocated the idea of an international airport in the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor.
- Laguindingan Airport (CGY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport complex features a single 2,100 x 45 meter runway, which can accommodate four plane landings and takeoffs an hour.
- The furthest airport from Laguindingan Airport (CGY) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Laguindingan Airport (meaning Laguindingan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,342 miles (19,863 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
- Laguindingan Airport is the main airport that serves the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, as well as the provinces of Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte, and the rest of the region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines.
- Ayala Land, who originally owns 183 of 417 hectares of the land acquired by the government to develop the airport complex, has future plans to develop an aerotropolis around the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Laguindingan Airport", another name for CGY is "Paliparan ng Laguindingan (Filipino)Tugpahanan sa Laguindingan (Cebuano)".
- The airport project is located in the Municipality of Laguindingan, Province of Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines.
Facts about Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO):
- The furthest airport from Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,993 miles (17,691 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO) has 3 runways.
- Because of Greenwood-Leflore Airport's relatively low elevation of 155 feet, planes can take off or land at Greenwood-Leflore 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.
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- In addition to being known as "Greenwood-Leflore Airport", another name for GWO is "(former Greenwood Army Airfield)".
- Greenwood Airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces as a basic flight training airfield.
- Greenwood AAF was also home to a contingent of Women's Army Service Pilots.
- The closest airport to Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO) is Mid-Delta Regional Airport (GLH), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) W of GWO.