Nonstop flight route between General Santos City, Philippines and Port Blair, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between General Santos International Airport (GES), General Santos City, Philippines and Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ), Port Blair, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,241 miles (or 3,607 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 relatively short distance between General Santos International Airport and Veer Savarkar Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GES / RPMR |
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Location: | General Santos City, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°3'29"N by 125°5'45"E |
Area Served: | General Santos City |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 505 feet (154 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GES |
More Information: | GES Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IXZ / VOPB |
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Location: | Port Blair, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°38'27"N by 92°43'46"E |
Area Served: | Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14 feet (4 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IXZ |
More Information: | IXZ Maps & Info |
Facts about General Santos International Airport (GES):
- Philippine Airlines A340-300 Aircraft
- In addition to being known as "General Santos International Airport", another name for GES is "Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Heneral SantosTugpahanang Pangkalibutanon sa Heneral SantosPangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Heneral Santos".
- In 1993, the largest airport in Mindanao was built mainly on a fund granted by the United States Government amounting to USD 47.6 million through its United States Agency for International Development.
- The closest airport to General Santos International Airport (GES) is Allah Valley Airport (AAV), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) NW of GES.
- General Santos International Airport (GES) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of General Santos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 505 feet, planes can take off or land at General Santos International 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.
- General Santos International Airport handled 611,274 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from General Santos International Airport (GES) is Itaituba Airport (ITB), which is nearly antipodal to General Santos International Airport (meaning General Santos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Itaituba Airport), and is located 12,290 miles (19,779 kilometers) away in Itaituba, Pará, Brazil.
- Having a runway length of 3,227 meters and a runway width of 45 meters, General Santos International Airport has the country's third longest runway—to date—after Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Cebu.
- Bigger aircraft such as Boeing 747-400, Airbus 340 and Airbus 330 come to the airport due to tuna cargo and increase of passengers, leaving the airport as the only domestic destination of the Philippine Airlines besides PAL Express.
Facts about Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ):
- There is only one terminal with 2 gates and no jet bridges.
- Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ) is Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), which is located 11,829 miles (19,037 kilometers) away in Trujillo, Peru.
- Veer Savarkar Airport, commonly known as Port Blair Airport, is an airport located 2 km south of Port Blair and is the main airport of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
- The closest airport to Veer Savarkar Airport (IXZ) is Car Nicobar Air Force Base (CBD), which is located 172 miles (277 kilometers) S of IXZ.
- Because of Veer Savarkar Airport's relatively low elevation of 14 feet, planes can take off or land at Veer Savarkar 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.
- In addition to being known as "Veer Savarkar Airport", another name for IXZ is "वीर सावरकर हवाई अड्डे".