Nonstop flight route between Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines and Biloxi, Mississippi, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Calbayog Airport (CYP), Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines and Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), Biloxi, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,754 miles (or 14,088 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 Calbayog Airport and Keesler Air Force Base, 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 Calbayog Airport and Keesler Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CYP / RPVC |
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Location: | Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°4'22"N by 124°32'42"E |
Area Served: | Calbayog City |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 12 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CYP |
More Information: | CYP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIX / KBIX |
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Location: | Biloxi, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°24'41"N by 88°55'24"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BIX |
More Information: | BIX Maps & Info |
Facts about Calbayog Airport (CYP):
- Cebu Pacific in Calbayog City Airport
- In addition to being known as "Calbayog Airport", another name for CYP is "Paliparan ng CalbayogLuparan san Calbayog".
- Because of Calbayog Airport's relatively low elevation of 12 feet, planes can take off or land at Calbayog 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.
- Calbayog Airport handled 52,510 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Calbayog Airport (CYP) is Catarman National Airport (CRM), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) NNE of CYP.
- Calbayog Airport (CYP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Calbayog City Airport terminal
- Terminal building exterior
- The furthest airport from Calbayog Airport (CYP) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Calbayog Airport (meaning Calbayog Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,301 miles (19,797 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Facts about Keesler Air Force Base (BIX):
- The Tuskegee Airmen were trained at Keesler.
- The furthest airport from Keesler Air Force Base (BIX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,904 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The base is home of Headquarters, Second Air Force and the 81st Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
- The closest airport to Keesler Air Force Base (BIX) is Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) W of BIX.
- In addition to being known as "Keesler Air Force Base", another name for BIX is "Keesler AFB".
- Driven by deep defense budget cuts, base closures following the end of the Cold War forced an end to technical training at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois and Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado when those bases were closed by BRAC action.
- In early 1956, Keesler entered the missile age by opening a ground support training program for the Atlas missile.
- The Air Force Reserve Command's 403d Wing is a tenant wing also located at Keesler and is an Air Mobility Command -gained composite unit which provides theater airlift support through the 815th Airlift Squadron and its C-130 Hercules aircraft, as well as serving as the parent unit to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, a WC-130 unit known as the "Hurricane Hunters."